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He sat on the cot and drank in darkness. Wet came the tears. They would not cease. This was like childhood, this grief. – William Peter Blatty
About the Author
Born on January 7th, 1928 in the New York City, Blatty was an American writer and filmmaker. He took his Bachelor’s Degree in English from the Georgetown University, followed by a Master’s degree from the George Washington University.
Blatty was known for his novel THE EXORCIST, which was later adapted as a film by the director William Friedkin. William married four times and had seven children. He was a Roman Catholic, he filed a canon law petition against his alma mater Georgetown University.
Blatty died of multiple myeloma on January 12, 2017, at a hospital in Bethesda, five days after his 89th birthday.
Book Review #14
The Exorcist is a horror novel written by William Peter Blatty. It is based on a 1949 exorcism, Blatty heard about while he was a Bachelor’s student in 1950, at Georgetown University. The book will take you through the ride of feelings like shock, horror, fear, nausea and small measure of dogged hope.
Undoubtedly, a best seller THE EXORCIST has the accurate details in the theological and psychological aspect. It is one of the best books ever written of it’s types that excels the genre of terror, and supernatural.
It is not simply horror, it is so much more and being such a long and detailed book, when it ends that feeling of being immersed in another world disappears as if something is now missing. I highly recommend this book of pretty great artistry. However, not meant for the weak hearts.
#About the cover, I still get chills down my spine, whenever I pick this book. To me it feels like the girl on the cover will open her eyes anytime.
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