{"product_id":"9780063412934","title":"The Exorcist","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe phenomenal #1 bestseller that inspired the classic motion picture—= the most terrifying and unforgettable horror novel ever written—now available as a Harper Perennial Olive Edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A page-turner par excellence. Poe and Mary Shelley would recognize [Blatty] as working in their ambiguous limbo between the natural and the supernatural . . . hair-rising.”—Life\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Read the book. It's an experience you will never forget.”—St. Louis Post-Dispatch \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 1971, The Exorcist was a bestselling literary phenomenon and one of the most frightening—and controversial—novels ever written. Based on true events—a child’s demonic possession in the 1940s—it is the story of eleven-year-old Regan MacNeil, whose sudden disturbing, and often violent, behavior drive her desperate mother, Chris, a famous actress, to eventually seek help from two Catholic priests, men who will risk everything—including their own souls— to free the girl from an ancient malevolent force possessing her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePurposefully raw and profane, this novel still has the extraordinary ability to shock readers and cause them to forget that it is “just a story.”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48357936103657,"sku":"9780063412934","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0406\/5548\/7129\/files\/9780063412934.jpg?v=1746568481","url":"https:\/\/redstickreads.com\/products\/9780063412934","provider":"Red Stick Reads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}