Inspired by a true story of a childs demonic possession in the 1940s, william peter blatty created. William peter blattys most popular book is the exorcist. William peter blatty has 31 books on goodreads with 360253 ratings. Born in 1928, william peter blatty is a novelist and academy awardwinning screenwriter. Dimiter william peter blatty pub libros, epub, mobi, pdf. William peter blatty 1928 2017 was an american writer and filmmaker best known for his 1971 novel the exorcist and for the academy awardwinning screenplay of its film adaptation. His most recent works include the novels elsewhere, dimiter, and crazy.
It remains one of the most controversial novels ever written and went on to become a literary phenomenon. After the success of the exorcist, blatty reworked twinkle, twinkle, killer kane. The exorcist is a 1971 horror novel by american writer william peter blatty. The exorcist is a horror novel by american writer william peter blatty. It spent fiftyseven weeks on the new york times bestseller list, seventeen consecutively at number one. The exorcist by william peter blatty overdrive rakuten.