William Peter Blatty

1983 Simon Schuster hardcover, William Peter Blatty. One by one the bizarre murders frustrate and torment Lt. Kinderman, the homicide detective from The Exorcist. A boy, crucified; a priest, decapitated; another priest slain; a nurse, slaughtered — all bear the Zodiac mark of the Gemini Killer. BUT ... the Gemini Killer has been dead for 12 years — Lt. Kinderman stalks the brutal and elusive killer down the dark streets. Until, finally, in desperation he dares to cross the boundary that separates the living from the dead. - Goodreads

Um médico psiquiatra, encarregado de tratar pacientes em uma macrabra e secreta mansão gótica transformada em manicômio para ex-combatentes, se vê questionando sua fé e compaixão, em meio à loucura que impera no lugar. Logo esse trabalho começa a colocar em cheque todas as suas crenças, a tal ponto de ele não saber mais o limite entre o real e o falso, a sanidade e e o delírio. Em A nona configuração, do autor best-seller de O Exorcista, o psiquiatra Coronel Kane passa por muitas provações à medida que o centro é tomado pelo caos, e se depara com o seu maior desafio: enfrentar os próprios demônios... Nesta narrativa tensa e violenta, o suspense e terror psicológico imperam. Nada é o que parece ser e o final reserva grandes surpresas.

An incredible haunted house novel from William Peter Blatty, the legendary author of The Exorcist! Disturbing, unsettling, chilling, and laced with a nasty streak of dark humor, Elsewhere is a must-have for all fans of dark fiction! Sure to become a time-honored classic in the genre!

Georgetown, Washington D.C. Actress and divorced mother Chris MacNeil starts to experience 'difficulties' with her usually sweet-natured eleven-year-old daughter Regan. The child becomes afflicted by spasms, convulsions and unsettling amnesiac episodes; these abruptly worsen into violent fits of appalling foul-mouthed curses, accompanied by physical mutation. Medical science is baffled by Regan's plight and, in her increasing despair, Chris turns to troubled priest and psychiatrist Damien Karras, who immediately recognises something profoundly malevolent in Regan's distorted fetures and speech. On Karras's recommendation, the Church summons Father Merrin, a specialist in the exorcism of demons . . .

Este es un libro alegre, dice Blatty; Es risa de arce en octubre de azahares. Es lluvia dulce como las manzanas después de la maravillosa noticia. Es globos rojos y abrazos de sol en playas mañaneras rebosantes de oro. Ah, sí, tiene algo de triste; la parte que es falsa, la parte de la culpa y el arrepentimiento, de la muerte. Pero la parte verdadera es alegre y finalmente gozosa. Del autor de "El Exorcista".

Edição comemorativa aos 40 anos do livro em 2012 e 40 do filme em 2013. O livro apresenta um capítulo inédito. Há uma série de TV sendo anunciada para 2013

Basada en un hecho real, ocurrido en la década de los cuarenta del siglo pasado, la protagonista es una niña de apenas once años que sufre terribles transformaciones, sobre todo en su comportamiento. Ni médicos ni científicos ni psicólogos son capaces de hallar la causa de tal estado, y paulatinamente todo se va decantando hacia la hipótesis de que la niña está poseída por fuerzas demoniacas. Ha llegado el momento para el implacable rito que enfrenta a exorcista y demonio en un duelo mortal.

Georgetown, Washington D.C. Actress and divorced mother Chris MacNeil starts to experience 'difficulties' with her usually sweet-natured eleven-year-old daughter Regan. The child becomes afflicted by spasms, convulsions and unsettling amnesiac episodes; these abruptly worsen into violent fits of appalling foul-mouthed curses, accompanied by physical mutation. Medical science is baffled by Regan's plight and, in her increasing despair, Chris turns to troubled priest and psychiatrist Damien Karras, who immediately recognises something profoundly malevolent in Regan's distorted fetures and speech. On Karras's recommendation, the Church summons Father Merrin, a specialist in the exorcism of demons . . .

Georgetown, Washington D.C. Actress and divorced mother Chris MacNeil starts to experience 'difficulties' with her usually sweet-natured eleven-year-old daughter Regan. The child becomes afflicted by spasms, convulsions and unsettling amnesiac episodes; these abruptly worsen into violent fits of appalling foul-mouthed curses, accompanied by physical mutation. Medical science is baffled by Regan's plight and, in her increasing despair, Chris turns to troubled priest and psychiatrist Damien Karras, who immediately recognises something profoundly malevolent in Regan's distorted fetures and speech. On Karras's recommendation, the Church summons Father Merrin, a specialist in the exorcism of demons . . .

Pour Chris MacNeil et sa fille Regan, une adolescente de quatorze ans, la vie s'écoule heureuse et aisée dans un quartier bourgeois de Washington. Et puis, un jour, des bruits étranges résonnent dans la calme demeure, des objets disparaissent, des meubles sont déplacés. Quant à Regan, d'étranges métamorphoses la défigurent, des mots obscènes jaillissent de sa bouche. Tandis que peu à peu la personnalité de l'enfant se disloque face aux médecins impuissants, la police est saisie d'horreur devant l'atroce vérité. Damien Karras, prêtre et psychiatre, sera-t-il le seul recours ?