The Exorcist Paperback

A child's behaviour turns inexplicable, medicine runs out of answers, and a doubting priest is asked to consider possession. William Peter Blatty's novel builds its horror slowly, through medical tests, police questioning and a mother's mounting desperation, well before the confrontation that made the story famous. Much of its lasting force comes from Father Karras, whose crisis of faith runs alongside the supernatural events and gives the book a moral weight that outlasts the shocks. This Corgi paperback runs to 400 pages. Strengths of this title: • A landmark of twentieth-century horror fiction • Clinical and procedural detail used to build dread early on • A central priest whose religious doubt drives the story • 400 pages in paperback from Corgi Suited to adult readers of horror and supernatural fiction, published by Corgi and stocked by Boipoka.