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“There are not many readers who will be unmoved. Well researched, written in a literate style, The Exorcist is to most other books of its kind as an Einstein equation is to an accountant’s column of figures.”
New York Times Sunday Book Review
""A horror story for all midnights."" —The Boston Globe
"Read the book. It's an experience you will never forget."—St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The phenomenal #1 bestseller that inspired the classic motion picture, which remains the most terrifying and unforgettable horror novel ever written.
Originally published in 1971, The Exorcist is a bestselling literary phenomenon and remains one of the most frightening and controversial novels ever written.
Based on true events of a child's demonic possession in the 1940s, The Exorcist tells the story of eleven-year-old Regan MacNeil and her mother Chris, a famous actress and doting mother. When Regan's personality unexpectedly shifts and she starts exhibiting disturbing, often violent behavior, her desperate mother is driven to seek help from two Catholic priests, men who will risk everything—including their own souls— to free the girl from the 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." More than fifty years after its initial publication, The Exorcist remains a truly unforgettable reading experience.
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Had to be the best scary book I have ever read. Just wish they would put the 2nd book on audio. The movie was nothing to the book and that's saying something because the movie put people in the hospital.
To call this a "terrifying" novel I don't think actually does it justice. The prose is gorgeous and indeed can actually make you forget that you are listening to something deeply disturbing. William Peter Blatty, I think, is the right narrator for this ONLY in the fact that he has the same tired character vocal quality that Jason Miller had as Father Karras (this is a good thing). I revisit this book (or audio book) from time to time, more probably than any other book I (with the possible exception of some of Thomas Harris) and Blatty REALLY knows how to engage you with beautiful writing.
A visceral experience, just as vivid as the movie that left so many people shaken after watching it. The Exorcist has always been one of my favorite horror movies, and I wanted to compare it to the book. It was just as jarring as the movie, but with more detail and extra bits that the movie cut for some reason or another. I opted for the audio version, read by Blatty himself. Very enjoyable considering the subject matter. One thing though . . . Detective Kinderman was way more irritating in the book. Other than than, a great read!
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