Author: William Peter Blatty
Title: The Exorcist
Description: New York, Harper & Row, 1971. Cloth. A smart book club edition of this gripping horror novel by William Peter Blatty, the inspiration for the film of the same name. In the publisher's original price-clipped dust wrapper.Inspired by a 1949 case of supposed demonic possession and exorcism, Blatty's novel details the demonic possession of eleven-year-old Regan MacNeil, the daughter of a famous actress, and the two priests who attempt to exorcise the demon from her.The novel was highly successful, resulting in a 1973 film adaptation for which Blatty himself won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original price-clipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine, and to the extremities. Light edge wear to the dust wrapper, with a few small closed tears. A few light marks to the dust wrapper, including to the reverse. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Small closed tear to the tail of the half-title. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good.

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