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Exorcist author sets new spiritual thriller in Holy Land.

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-blatty1-2010apr01,0,1819099.s...

The LA Times Online has a story about William Peter Blatty’s new novel Dimiter

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, saying it “enfolds a message of faith in a fast-paced thriller.”

[Blatty]’s passionate about his Roman Catholicism: It has carried him through many personal trials, including a bout of cancer 15 years ago and the loss, in 2006, of his 19-year-old son, Peter, after a sudden illness. “Dimiter,” in fact, is dedicated to him. Today, Blatty’s faith is, to use a familiar religious adage, rock solid. “I don’t think I’m on a search anymore,” he says serenely. “I’ve come to virtually a complete rest in my faith.”


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