The Exorcist
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: reprinted before publication
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: unclipped dj with worn edged and minor loss. Binding remains tight. Boards: square and clean.
In the quiet, tree-lined streets of Georgetown, Washington D.C., a mother's world is shattered when her twelve-year-old daughter, Regan, begins exhibiting terrifying and inexplicable behaviour — behaviour that no doctor, psychiatrist, or scientist can explain. William Peter Blatty's The Exorcist chronicles the harrowing descent of a family into absolute horror, as a desperate mother turns to the ancient rite of exorcism as the last, unthinkable hope against a force of pure evil that has taken possession of her child. The novel pits a tormented Jesuit priest, Father Damien Karras — a man wrestling with his own crumbling faith — against a malevolent supernatural entity, building a crescendo of dread and theological confrontation that remains unparalleled in the genre. Beyond its visceral terror, The Exorcist stands as a profound meditation on faith, doubt, and the nature of evil, arguing that the existence of the demonic is, paradoxically, proof of the divine. Blatty's prose is disciplined and precise, grounding the supernatural in an almost clinical realism that makes the horror all the more devastating. First published in 1971, the novel became a global cultural phenomenon and is widely regarded as one of the most significant works of horror fiction ever written — and its central question, whether true evil can be defeated by a man who no longer believes, continues to haunt readers long after the final page.
Author: William Peter Blatty
Format: Hardback
Published: 1972, Blond & Briggs
Genre: Horror
Edition: reprinted before publication
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: unclipped dj with worn edged and minor loss. Binding remains tight. Boards: square and clean.
In the quiet, tree-lined streets of Georgetown, Washington D.C., a mother's world is shattered when her twelve-year-old daughter, Regan, begins exhibiting terrifying and inexplicable behaviour — behaviour that no doctor, psychiatrist, or scientist can explain. William Peter Blatty's The Exorcist chronicles the harrowing descent of a family into absolute horror, as a desperate mother turns to the ancient rite of exorcism as the last, unthinkable hope against a force of pure evil that has taken possession of her child. The novel pits a tormented Jesuit priest, Father Damien Karras — a man wrestling with his own crumbling faith — against a malevolent supernatural entity, building a crescendo of dread and theological confrontation that remains unparalleled in the genre. Beyond its visceral terror, The Exorcist stands as a profound meditation on faith, doubt, and the nature of evil, arguing that the existence of the demonic is, paradoxically, proof of the divine. Blatty's prose is disciplined and precise, grounding the supernatural in an almost clinical realism that makes the horror all the more devastating. First published in 1971, the novel became a global cultural phenomenon and is widely regarded as one of the most significant works of horror fiction ever written — and its central question, whether true evil can be defeated by a man who no longer believes, continues to haunt readers long after the final page.