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William Peter Blatty has thrilled generations of readers with his iconic mega-bestseller The Exorcist. Now Blatty gives us Dimiter, a riveting story of murder, revenge, and suspense. Laced with themes of faith and love, sin and forgiveness, vengeance and compassion, it is a novel in the grand tradition of Morris Wests The Devils Advocate and the Catholic novels of Graham Greene.
Dimiter opens in the worlds most oppressive and isolated totalitarian state: Albania in the 1970s. A prisoner suspected of being an enemy agent is held by state security. An unsettling presence, though subjected to unimaginable torture he maintains an eerie silence. He escapes---and on the way to freedom, completes a mysterious mission. The prisoner is Dimiter, the American “agent from Hell.”
The scene shifts to Jerusalem, focusing on Hadassah Hospital and a cast of engaging, colorful characters: the brooding Christian Arab police detective, Peter Meral; Dr. Moses Mayo, a troubled but humorous neurologist; Samia, an attractive, sharp-tongued nurse; and assorted American and Israeli functionaries and hospital staff. All become enmeshed in a series of baffling, inexplicable deaths, until events explode in a surprising climax.
Told with unrelenting pace, Dimiters compelling, page-turning narrative is haunted by the search for faith and the truths of the human condition. Dimiter is William Peter Blatty's first full novel since the 1983 publication of Legion.
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Dimiter is an intelligent, tightly wound, suspenseful novel. One can only hope Blatty will publish another sometime soon.”—
USA Today"A beautifully written, haunting tale of vengeance, spiritual searching, loss, and love."--Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Gripping and intelligent, Dimiter is part detective story and part religious thriller in the grand tradition of The Name of the Rose.”—Allan Folsom, New York Times bestselling author
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"A beautifully written, haunting tale of vengeance, spiritual searching, loss, and love."--Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Gripping and intelligent, Dimiter is part detective story and part religious thriller in the grand tradition of The Name of the Rose.”Allan Folsom, New York Times bestselling author
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"
Dimiter is an intelligent, tightly wound, suspenseful novel. One can only hope Blatty will publish another sometime soon.”—
USA Today"A beautifully written, haunting tale of vengeance, spiritual searching, loss, and love."--Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Gripping and intelligent, Dimiter is part detective story and part religious thriller in the grand tradition of The Name of the Rose.”—Allan Folsom, New York Times bestselling author
Synopsis
A brand new novel of supernatural suspense from the author of The Exorcist
Synopsis
A novel of supernatural suspense from the author of The Exorcist.
Synopsis
William Peter Blatty has thrilled generations of readers with his iconic mega-bestseller The Exorcist. Now Blatty gives us Dimiter, a riveting story of murder, revenge, and suspense. Laced with themes of faith and love, sin and forgiveness, vengeance and compassion, it is a novel in the grand tradition of Morris Wests The Devils Advocate and the Catholic novels of Graham Greene.
Dimiter opens in the worlds most oppressive and isolated totalitarian state: Albania in the 1970s. A prisoner suspected of being an enemy agent is held by state security. An unsettling presence, though subjected to unimaginable torture he maintains an eerie silence. He escapes---and on the way to freedom, completes a mysterious mission. The prisoner is Dimiter, the American “agent from Hell.”
The scene shifts to Jerusalem, focusing on Hadassah Hospital and a cast of engaging, colorful characters: the brooding Christian Arab police detective, Peter Meral; Dr. Moses Mayo, a troubled but humorous neurologist; Samia, an attractive, sharp-tongued nurse; and assorted American and Israeli functionaries and hospital staff. All become enmeshed in a series of baffling, inexplicable deaths, until events explode in a surprising climax.
Told with unrelenting pace, Dimiters compelling, page-turning narrative is haunted by the search for faith and the truths of the human condition. Dimiter is William Peter Blatty's first full novel since the 1983 publication of Legion.
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About the Author
William Peter Blatty, the writer of numerous novels and screenplays, is best known for his mega-bestselling novel The Exorcist, deemed by the New York Times Book Review to be “as superior to most books of its kind as an Einstein equation is to an accountants column of figures.” An Academy Award winner for his screenplay for The Exorcist, Blatty is not only the author of one of the most terrifying novels ever written, but, paradoxically, also cowrote the screenplay for the hilarious Inspector Clouseau film, A Shot in the Dark. New York Times reviewers of his early comic novels noted, “Nobody can write funnier lines than William Peter Blatty,” describing him as “a gifted virtuoso who writes like S. J. Perelman.” Blatty lives with his wife and a son in Maryland.