Books by William Peter Blatty

Father Damien Karras: 'Where is Regan?' Regan MacNeil: 'In here. This edition, polished and expanded by the author, includes new dialogue, a new character and a chilling new extended scene, provides an unforgettable reading experience that has lost none of its power to shock and continues to thrill and terrify new readers.

William Peter Blatty has thrilled generations of readers with his iconic mega-bestseller The Exorcist. Now Blatty gives us Dimiter, a riveting story of murder, revenge, and suspense. Laced with themes of faith and love, sin and forgiveness, vengeance and compassion, it is a novel in the grand tradition of Morris West's The Devil's Advocate and the Catholic novels of Graham Greene.Dimiter opens in the world's most oppressive and isolated totalitarian state: Albania in the 1970s. A prisoner suspected of being an enemy agent is held by state security. An unsettling presence, though subjected to unimaginable torture he maintains an eerie silence. He escapes---and on the way to freedom, completes a mysterious mission. The prisoner is Dimiter, the American "agent from Hell."The scene shifts to Jerusalem, focusing on Hadassah Hospital and a cast of engaging, colorful characters: the brooding Christian Arab police detective, Peter Meral; Dr. Moses Mayo, a troubled but humorous neurologist; Samia, an attractive, sharp-tongued nurse; and assorted American and Israeli functionaries and hospital staff. All become enmeshed in a series of baffling, inexplicable deaths, until events explode in a surprising climax.Told with unrelenting pace, Dimiter's compelling, page-turning narrative is haunted by the search for faith and the truths of the human condition. Dimiter is William Peter Blatty's first full novel since the 1983 publication of Legion.

”Exorcisten” fortæller den nervepirrende historie om en 12-årig pige, der undergår en række uhyggelige og uforklarlige forandringer. Én for én giver psykiatere og læger op, alt imens pigens symptomer bliver værre og værre. Til sidst ser fagfolkene ingen anden udvej end at råde pigens mor til at opsøge en exorcist, for lægevidenskaben kan hverken forklare eller kurere det, der er galt med hende. Pigens mor lægger sin datters skæbne i hænderne på jesuiterpræsten Karras, der ud fra sin viden om satanisme og djævleuddrivelse må forsøge at drive dæmonen ud af pigen, uden at slå hende ihjel.William Peter Blattys gyser ”Exorcisten” blev i 1973 filmatiseret af William Friedkin. Bogen er - ligesom filmen - blevet en klassiker inden for gysergenren.William Peter Blatty (1928-2017) var en amerikansk forfatter og filmskaber, der blandt andet stod bag en af de største gyserklassikere nogensinde ”Exorcisten”. I løbet af sit liv skrev William Peter Blatty en lang række bøger, som han vandt flere priser for. Filmatiseringen af ”Exorcisten” vandt blandt andet to Golden Globes og en Oscar.