LoveReading Says
I was buying for a wholesale company when this first came out and placed a moderate order for it. Then I went to a private view of the film. It is the only time I have ever left such an event and doubled my order. The plot of demonic possession is probably well-known by everyone but the thing this book gives you, besides a hair-raising experience, is a deeper understanding of the Jesuit priest himself and his vision of life and death. This is genuinely scary stuff.
Sarah Broadhurst
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The Exorcist Synopsis
The phenomenal #1 bestseller that inspired the classic motion picture--= the most terrifying and unforgettable horror novel ever written--now available as a Harper Perennial Olive Edition.
"A page-turner par excellence. Poe and Mary Shelley would recognize [Blatty] as working in their ambiguous limbo between the natural and the supernatural . . . hair-rising."--Life
"Read the book. It's an experience you will never forget."--St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Originally published in 1971, The Exorcist was a bestselling literary phenomenon and one of the most frightening--and controversial--novels ever written. Based on true events--a child's demonic possession in the 1940s--it is the story of eleven-year-old Regan MacNeil, whose sudden disturbing, and often violent, behavior drive her desperate mother, Chris, a famous actress, to eventually seek help from two Catholic priests, men who will risk everything--including their own souls-- to free the girl from an ancient malevolent force possessing her.
Purposefully raw and profane, this novel still has the extraordinary ability to shock readers and cause them to forget that it is "just a story."
About This Edition
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9780063412934 |
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27th August 2024 |
| Author: |
William Peter Blatty |
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Harper Perennial an imprint of HarperCollins |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Pagination: |
384 pages |
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Fiction
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