# Ninth Configuration - Paperback

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by **William Peter Blatty** (Author)

**From the _New York Times_ bestselling author of _The Exorcist_, William Peter Blatty's _The Ninth Configuration_** **is a thought-provoking, blackly comic journey into the heart of madness--and the outer limits of belief--that served as the basis of an acclaimed film (also known as _Twinkle, Twinkle, "Killer" Kane_).**

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. . .

### Author Biography

**William Peter Blatty (1928-2017)**, the writer of numerous novels and screenplays, is best known for his mega-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 cowrote the screenplay for the hilarious Inspector Clouseau film, _A Shot in the Dark. New York Times_ 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."

**Number of Pages:** 176

**Dimensions:** 0.46 x 8.37 x 5.43 IN

**Publication Date:** April 29, 2014

## Details

- **Price:** 20.99 GBP
- **Vendor:** BooksCloud
- **Type:** Books
- **Tags:** Books, Fiction, Price Written on Book, Psychological, Suspense, Thrillers

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