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L'esprit du mal (1983)

par William Peter Blatty

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Fiction. Horror. Mystery. HTML: From the author of The Exorcist �?? Legion, a classic tale of horror, is back in print! A young boy is found horribly murdered in a mock crucifixion. Is the murderer the elderly woman who witnessed the crime? A neurologist who can no longer bear the pain life inflicts on its victims? A psychiatrist with a macabre sense of humor and a guilty secret? A mysterious mental patient, locked in silent isolation? Lieutenant Kinderman follows a bewildering trail that links all these people, confronting a new enigma at every turn even as more murders surface. Why does each victim suffer the same dreadful mutilations? Why are two of the victims priests? Is there a connection between these crimes and another series of murders that took place twelve years ago�??and supposedly ended with the death of the killer? Legion is a novel of breathtaking energy and suspense. But more than this, it is an extraordinary journey into the uncharted depths of the human mind and the most agonizing questions of the human condition. The answers are revealed in a climax so stunning that it could only have been written by the author of The Exorcist�??William Peter Blatty. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) appl… (plus d'informations)

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While still interesting and full of the punchy writing & dialogue that made The Exorcist so good, Legion falls short of equaling the predecessor. The audio narration in particular has nothing on Blatty's own reading of Exorcist, and pales in comparison to George C Scott's performance in the movie version. While that adaptation has problems it really needed a powerful reading to do justice to the dialogue, which instead falls flat on the monotone delivery without the proper inflection for what's being said.
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This whole book is barely about the horror, but rather continues meditating on faith, life and death. The friendship between Kinderman and Dyer is one of the best written dynamics I've encountered and it's funny that it's in this book. (

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A.Godhelm | Oct 20, 2023 |

It’s not the most thrilling or frightening, but an endearing lead character, rich philosophy, and Blatty’s addictive writing make this a page-turner, nevertheless. (

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Birdo82 | Jan 21, 2023 |

Un muchacho negro aparece salvajemente asesinado en un embarcadero. Su cuerpo está clavado en los remos de una barca, formando una cruz. El detective Kinderman, quien ya investigó, años atrás, la posesión diabólica narrada en el exorcista , vuelve a ser quien dirige la investigación de este espantoso crimen. Al día siguient e, un sacerdote es asesinado en su confesionario. Kinderman sabe que ambos crímenes han sido cometidos por la misma persona. Legión es un apasionante thriller que nos conduce hasta lo más oscuro de la existencia: nadie podrá evitar que el/los asesino/s actuén, pero sí será posible desenmascarar y mirar su rostro, el rostro del Mal, cuyo nombre es Legión, porque somos muchos.

Natt90 | Jul 14, 2022 |

What a stunning waste of time, effort, and trees. Just inside the front cover of this novel, there is a statement that reads, Legion transcends The Exorcist in terror, suspense and intensity. On the basis of that statement alone, I should be able to demand my money back. It's a completely untruthful statement.

Blatty's M.O. seems to be to just write whatever comes into his head for the first three-quarters of a novel, then finally get down to what we came for in the last few pages. It's no different here. We are subjected to Lt. Kinderman, returning from his role in The Exorcist , in a particularly philosophically contemplative mood. This is a kind way for me to say that it felt like Blatty was just filling pages with his dense, off-topic mode of speaking, as well as pages and pages of dense ruminations on God, evil, and nature.

In my 250-page paperback edition, the story literally did not kick into gear until a few pages past 200. And in the final 50 pages, Blatty let the always-evasive possessing entity actually provide all the information needed to understand exactly what had happened off-screen throughout the novel. Clumsy, lazy storytelling.

What a steaming pile of crap this novel was. If he hadn't made so many waves with The Exorcist, I doubt this travesty would ever have seen the light of day. (

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TobinElliott | Sep 3, 2021 |

I saw Exorcist III a while back and thought that it was flawed but still interesting, and was curious to see what the source material was like. I'd say about the same for the book - I think it tries to be both a charming detective story and a horror story, but refusing to commit to one or the other ends up diminishing both and relegating it to being more of an interesting curiosity than a really good novel. (

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1983

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Lt. William F. Kinderman

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Georgetown, Washington, D.C., USA

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He thought of death in its infinite groanings, of Aztecs ripping out living hearts and of cancer and of three-year-olds buried alive and he wondered whether God was alien and cruel, but then he remembered Beethoven and the dappling of things and the lark and "Hurrah for Karamazov" and kindness.

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Fiction. Horror. Mystery. HTML:

From the author of The Exorcist �?? Legion, a classic tale of horror, is back in print!
A young boy is found horribly murdered in a mock crucifixion. Is the murderer the elderly woman who witnessed the crime? A neurologist who can no longer bear the pain life inflicts on its victims? A psychiatrist with a macabre sense of humor and a guilty secret? A mysterious mental patient, locked in silent isolation?
Lieutenant Kinderman follows a bewildering trail that links all these people, confronting a new enigma at every turn even as more murders surface. Why does each victim suffer the same dreadful mutilations? Why are two of the victims priests? Is there a connection between these crimes and another series of murders that took place twelve years ago�??and supposedly ended with the death of the killer?
Legion is a novel of breathtaking energy and suspense. But more than this, it is an extraordinary journey into the uncharted depths of the human mind and the most agonizing questions of the human condition.
The answers are revealed in a climax so stunning that it could only have been written by the author of The Exorcist�??William Peter Blatty.
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