April 12, 2024
Signed Book The Exorcist 40th Anniversary Limited Edition William Peter Blatty
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Number 228 of only 374 signed!The Exorcist: The 40th Anniversary Special Limited Edition by William Peter Blattyfeaturing original artwork by CanigliaStatus:Out of Print (Sold Out 30 Hours After Announcement!)For the special 40th Anniversary Edition of The Exorcist, William Peter Blatty has returned to the manuscript, reworking portions of the book that never satisfied him. Due to financial constraints and a pressing workload at the time of the original publication, he was forced to forego a desired revision."For most of these past forty years I have rued not having done a thorough second draft and careful polish of the dialogue and prose," Blatty says. "But now, like an answer to a prayer, this fortieth anniversary edition has given me not only the opportunity to do that second draft, but to do it at a time in my life--I am 83--when it might not be totally unreasonable to hope that my abilities, such as they are, have at least somewhat improved, and for all of this I say, Deo gratias!"Among the changes, Blatty has added a chilling scene introducing the unsettling minor character of a Jesuit psychiatrist.About the Book:The Exorcist, one of the most controversial novels ever written, went on to become a literary phenomenon: It spent fifty-seven weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, seventeen consecutively at number one.Inspired
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