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Born and raised in new york city, blatty received his bachelors degree in english from the georgetown university in 1950, and his masters degree in english literature from the george washington university in 19. This copy of legion, by william peter blatty, is a hardcover, published by book club circa 1983. In 2009, cemetery dance published a special hardcover edition of his classic haunted house novella, elsewhere. Jan, 2017 william peter blatty, the man who helped to revolutionize the horror genre both in print and on the big screen with his bestselling 1971 novel the exorcist and its equally successful 1973 screen adaptation, died on january 12, only a few days after his 89th birthday. Allan folsom, new york times bestselling author almost 40 years after the exorcist, william peter blattys new novel dimiter is another headspinner. William peter blatty is the bestselling author of the exorcist, which he turned into an academy awardwinning screenplay. Gripping and intelligent, dimiter is part detective story and part religious thriller in the grand tradition of the name of the rose.
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