Horror
The Exorcist
Bestseller: about 11 million copies (estimate)When strange things start happening to the young daughter of an actress living in Georgetown, doctors cannot find a cause. A troubled priest who has lost his faith is eventually called in.
- First published
- 1971
- Pace
- medium
- Length
- medium
- Format
- Standalone
Read this if you want a serious, slow-building horror novel about faith and doubt with a real sense of dread.
Skip this if you can't take disturbing, graphic scenes involving a child.
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