Dimiter - limited Centipede Press edition

Lakewood, CO: Centipede Press, 2013. New/New. NEW No 85 of an edition limited to only 250 Ships from Hawaii with Priority Mail

William Peter Blatty has thrilled generations of readers with his iconic international bestsellerThe ExorcistNow 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 West's The Devil's Advocate, and the Catholic novels of Graham Greene Dimiter opens in the world's 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, he maintains an eerie silence though subjected to unimaginable torture 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 unusual characters All become enmeshed in a series of baffling, inexplicable deaths, until events explode in a surprising climax
Told with unrelenting pace, Dimiter's compelling, page-turning narrative is haunted by the search for faith and the truths of the human condition
William Peter Blatty, the writer of numerous novels and screenplays, is best known for his internationally 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 accountant's 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 co-wrote the screenplay for the hilarious Inspector Clouseau film, A Shot in the Dark (Centipede).