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William Peter Blatty

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William Peter Blatty (1928-2017) is best known for his mega-bestselling novel The Exorcist. Blatty also cowrote the screenplay of the hilarious Inspector Clouseau film, A Shot in the Dark. Known for his early comic novels, the New York Times proclaimed that "nobody can write funnier lines than William Peter Blatty," describing him as "a gifted virtuoso who writes like S. J. Perelman."

William Peter Blatty Books

If There Were Demons Then Perhaps There Were Angels book cover

If There Were Demons Then Perhaps There Were Angels

William Peter Blatty
Which Way to Mecca, Jack? book cover

Which Way to Mecca, Jack?

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William Peter Blatty on The Exorcist from Novel to Film book cover

William Peter Blatty on The Exorcist from Novel to Film

William Peter Blatty
Demons Five, Exorcists Nothing book cover

Demons Five, Exorcists Nothing

William Peter Blatty
I'll Tell Them I Remember You book cover

I'll Tell Them I Remember You

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Elsewhere book cover

Elsewhere

William Peter Blatty
Finding Peter book cover

Finding Peter

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John Goldfarb, Please Come Home book cover

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home

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Twinkle, Twinkle "Killer" Kane book cover

Twinkle, Twinkle "Killer" Kane

William Peter Blatty
The Ninth Configuration book cover

The Ninth Configuration

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The Exorcist book cover

The Exorcist

William Peter Blatty
Legion book cover

Legion

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Crazy book cover

Crazy

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Dimiter book cover

Dimiter

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