The Exorcist: A Novel

The phenomenal #1 bestseller that inspired the classic motion picture—= the most terrifying and unforgettable horror novel ever written—now available as a Harper Perennial Olive Edition.

“A page-turner par excellence. Poe and Mary Shelley would recognize [Blatty] as working in their ambiguous limbo between the natural and the supernatural . . . hair-rising.”—Life

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

Originally published in 1971, The Exorcist was a...