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William Peter Blatty (b. 1928) is an American writer and filmmaker. The novel The Exorcist, written in 1971, is his most well-known novel; he also penned the subsequent screenplay version of the film, for which he won an Academy Award. N 1960 Blatty published Which Way to Mecca, Jack?, which dealt humorously with both early life and his work at the United States Information Agency in Lebanon. It was at this point that Blatty began a fruitful collaboration with director Blake Edwards, writing scripts for comedy films such as A Shot in the Dark (1964). Latty’s latest works are the novels Elsewhere (2009), Dimiter (2010) and Crazy (2010).

William Peter Blatty (b. In 1960 Blatty published Which Way to Mecca, Jack?, which dealt humorously with both early life and his work at the United States Information Agency in Lebanon. It was at this point that Blatty began a fruitful collaboration with director Blake Edwards, writing scripts for comedy films such as A Shot in the Dark (1964). 1928) is an American writer and filmmaker. The novel The Exorcist, written in 1971, is his most well-known novel; he also penned the subsequent screenplay version of the film, for which he won an Academy Award.

A scathing modern fable that chronicles the descent of an acclaimed auteur and a Hollywood screenwriter caught in his own private hell This novel draws on Blatty's own experiences in Hollywood during the writing and filming of such acclaimed movies as The Exorcist latty takes no prisoners in this fable of towering ambition, cross and doublecross.

Demons Five, Exorcists Nothing is here published with the preferred text by Blatty, incorporating dozens of revisions and amendments acob McMurray designed the dustjacket.

Edition Details

• Limited to 250 copies, each signed by William Peter Blatty.
• Striking dustjacket printed on Mohawk Carnival stock.
• Printed endpapers.
• Full cloth cover with front image inset on front board.
• Ribbon marker, head and tail bands, three-piece cloth construction.

External Links

• Demons Five, Exorcists Nothing. Centipede Press page for Demons Five, Exorcists Nothing
• William Peter Blatty (ISFDB). ISFDB entry for William Peter Blatty