{"product_id":"the-exorcist-a-novel-isbn-9780063412934","title":"The Exorcist: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe phenomenal #1 bestseller that inspired the classic motion picture—= the most terrifying and unforgettable horror novel ever written—now available as a Harper Perennial Olive Edition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cstrong\u003eA page-turner par excellence. Poe and Mary Shelley would recognize [Blatty] as working in their ambiguous limbo between the natural and the supernatural . . . hair-rising.\u003c\/strong\u003e”\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eLife\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cstrong\u003eRead the book. It's an experience you will never forget.\u003c\/strong\u003e”\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eSt. Louis Post-Dispatch\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 1971, \u003cem\u003eThe Exorcist\u003c\/em\u003e was a bestselling literary phenomenon and one of the most frightening—and controversial—novels ever written. Based on true events—a child’s demonic possession in the 1940s—it is the story of eleven-year-old Regan MacNeil, whose sudden disturbing, and often violent, behavior drive her desperate mother, Chris, a famous actress, to eventually seek help from two Catholic priests, men who will risk everything—including their own souls— to free the girl from an ancient malevolent force possessing her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePurposefully raw and profane, this novel still has the extraordinary ability to shock readers and cause them to forget that it is “just a story.”\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e\"A horror story for all midnights.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A tremendous novel . . . fast, powerful, and completely gripping, a hypnotic combination of morality tale and supernatural detective story. A parable for our times, a stunning achievement.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLondon Sunday Express\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThe Exorcist \u003c\/em\u003eshould be read twice; the first time for the passion and horrifying intensity of the story, with a second reading to savor the subtleties of language and phrasing. . . . It's an experience you will never forget.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSt. Louis Post-Dispatch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Suspense that never lets up!\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A fantastic and deeply religious novel that will touch the reader to his very soul as it touches on things in this world that cannot be explained away rationally.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTexas Abilene Reporter-News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The ultimate in scare fare.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"There are not many readers who will be unmoved. Written in a literate style, \u003cem\u003eThe Exorcist \u003c\/em\u003eis to most other novels of its kind as an Einstein equation is to an accountant's column of figures.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Immensely satisfying, it hold its readers in a vise-like grip worthy of Poe.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Wonderfully exciting.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Absolutely superb. Blatty makes you think this scary tale really might have happened.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCleveland Plain Dealer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Up till dawn, I was, with \u003cem\u003eThe Exorcist\u003c\/em\u003e. A shocker . . . driving to a violent conclusion.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A page-turner par excellence. Poe and Mary Shelley would recognize [Blatty] as working in their ambiguous limbo between the natural and the supernatural . . . hair-rising.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLife\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44890713260261,"sku":"NP9780063412934","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780063412934.jpg?v=1730233913","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-exorcist-a-novel-isbn-9780063412934","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}