Ninth Configuration - by William Peter Blatty (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"Hidden away in a brooding Gothic manor in the deep woods is Center Eighteen, a secret military "rest camp" currently housing twenty-seven inmates, all officers who have succumbed to a sudden outbreak of mental illness. Have the men truly lost their minds, are they only pretending to be insane to avoid combat, or is some more sinister conspiracy at work? Desperate for answers, the Pentagon has placed a brilliant Marine psychiatrist in charge of the base and its deranged occupants. A man of deep faith and compassion, Colonel Kane hopes to uncover the root of the men's bizarre obsessions. But as Center Eighteen descends into chaos, Kane finds the greatest challenge may be his own buried demons..."--Page 4 of cover.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Hidden away in a brooding Gothic manor in the deep woods is Center Eighteen, a secret military rest camp currently housing twenty-seven inmates, all officers who have succumbed to a sudden outbreak of mental illness. Have the men truly lost their minds, are they only pretending to be insane to avoid combat, or is some more sinister conspiracy at work? <p/>Desperate for answers, the Pentagon has placed a brilliant Marine psychiatrist in charge of the base and its deranged occupants. A man of deep faith and compassion, Colonel Kane hopes to uncover the root of the men's bizarre obsessions. But as Center Eighteen descends into chaos, Kane finds the greatest challenge may be his own buried demons. . . . <p/>The basis of an acclaimed 1980 film (also known as<i> Twinkle, Twinkle, Killer Kane</i>), William Peter Blatty's <i>The Ninth Configuration</i> is a thought-provoking, blackly comic journey into the heart of madness--and the outer limits of belief.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"It's a metaphysical murder mystery and a cosmic love story. You have never read anything quite like it." --<i>Santa Monica Evening Outlook</i> <p/>"Fasten your seat belt before opening this book!" --<i>Associated Press</i> <p/>"A work of extraordinary imagination." --<i>San Antonio Express</i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>William Peter Blatty (1928-2017)</b>, the writer of numerous novels and screenplays, is best known for his mega-bestselling novel <i>The Exorcist</i>, deemed by the <i>New York Times Book Review</i> 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 <i>The Exorcist</i>, 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, <i>A Shot in the Dark. New York Times</i> 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.
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