The Exorcist

A Novel

By: William Peter Blatty

Narrated by: William Peter Blatty, Eliana Shaskan

""A horror story for all midnights."" —The Boston Globe

“Read the book. It's an experience you will never forget.”—St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The phenomenal #1 bestseller that inspired the classic motion picture, which remains the most terrifying and unforgettable horror novel ever written.

Originally published in 1971, The Exorcist is a bestselling literary phenomenon and remains one of the most frightening and controversial novels ever written.

Based on true events of a child’s demonic possession in the 1940s, The Exorcist tells the story of eleven-year-old Regan MacNeil and her mother Chris, a famous actress and doting mother. When Regan’s personality unexpectedly shifts and she starts exhibiting disturbing, often violent behavior, her desperate mother is driven to seek help from two Catholic priests, men who will risk everything—including their own souls— to free the girl from the ancient malevolent force possessing her.

Purposefully raw and profane, this novel still has the extraordinary ability to shock readers and cause them to forget that it is “just a story.” More than fifty years after its initial publication, The Exorcist remains a truly unforgettable reading experience.

Holy s@%&!!! Way creepier than the movie!

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I really think what pulled the whole audible experience together was the gentlemen who read it... He was SUPERB. The story itself is creepy, disturbing, and thought provoking for present day, let alone for the early 70's!I highly recommend this book. It truly keeps the reader's attention, and truly brings the reader into suspension of disbelief. The author does a fantastic job of dancing between the clinical world of psychology, and the little known world of the supernatural and preternatural phenomena.If you liked the movie, you will LOVE the book.

Brilliant!

Narrator was amazing, story was scary as hell... What else can I say? I plan on listening again many more times!

Well worth the money

The voice actors reading this definitely give this version an aura of menace when appropriate.

Great!

Reading this was like watching the movie over again in the car LOL. Line after line was the same. I wonder why they can't follow the book in so many other movies. This was a great book so why change the movie version? In this case they didn't and it was great. I was also surprised W P Blatty was such an awesome narrator. As soon as the book started it felt like no other person would have made it justice. I loved it and was sad when it was over.

Gave me literal chills

Burned through this book! I don't even have kids, yet I found myself feeling deeply moved and emotionally charged to help this poor little girl and the people trying to help her, and searing anger toward the thing that inhabited her.. Perfect reading material around Halloween.

NARRATION: Can't speak highly enough here. So good that I had to pause right after the infamous, What an excellent day for an exorcism, line, to find out if it was the author who did the actual voice of the demon in the movie. (I'll let you form your own opinion and do your own research there.)

STORY: Starts a bit slow but picks up a couple chapters in, and does not stop. Yes there is some time spent getting to know the characters, but I loved every moment of it.

BEST PART: Hands down, when Father Karras plays the tape recording of Regan. I won't spoil it for anyone, because it's a very unexpected surprise, and it caused my eyes to immediately well up with tears of sympathy and anger.

Very highly recommend.

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