The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty
Sometimes I wish there weren’t so many amazing books to read. Because every once in a while I come across a book so intricate, so subtle, and so intense, that without a second, slower, read, I know there is zero chance that I capture a true understanding the book in its entirety.
William Peter Blatty‘s The Exorcist is that kind of a book. It’s creepy, crude and scary. On more than one evening while reading in bed,
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I might say "formulaic" actually.
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It's a tightrope act for sure.
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