Dimiter

From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. Blatty fans looking for straight-up horror in the vein of The Exorcist will be disappointed, but those with broader tastes will find this a beautifully written, haunting tale of vengeance, spiritual searching, loss, and love. In 1973 Albania, Colonel Vlora (aka the Interrogator), the head of a team of torturers, questions the Prisoner, who the reader later learns is Paul Dimiter, an American clandestine agent referred to in some quarters of the world as 'legendary,' while in others as 'the agent from hell.'Г‚ (Rumor has it Dimiter poisoned Ho Chi Minh while the Vietnamese leader was visiting Albania shortly before his death in 1969.) Dimiter escapes to Jerusalem, where he encounters a number of engaging characters, including a doctor of neurology, a sharp-tongued nurse, and a grief-stricken Israeli policeman. The complicated plot confounds until the isolated pieces of the psychological puzzle that's Dimiter match up and fall into place, revealing surprising truths. (Mar.) Copyright ''© Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Review “_Dimiter_ is an intelligent, tightly wound, suspenseful novel.”—_USA Today _“Gripping and intelligent, Dimiter is part detective story and part religious thriller in the grand tradition of The Name of the Rose .”—Allan Folsom, New York Times bestselling author “Enfolds a message of faith in a fast-paced thriller”—_Los Angeles Times “A beautifully written, haunting tale of vengeance, spiritual searching, loss, and love.”— Publishers Weekly _(starred review) Formats : EPUB, MOBI William Peter Blatty has thrilled generations of readers with his iconic mega-bestseller The Exorcist. Now Blatty gives us Dimiter, a riveting story of murder, revenge, and suspense. Laced with themes of faith and love, sin and forgiveness, vengeance and compassion, it is a novel in the grand tradition of the great Catholic novels of the 20th Century.Dimiter opens in the world's most oppressive and isolated totalitarian state: Albania in the 1970s. A prisoner suspected of being an enemy agent is held by state security. An unsettling presence, though subjected to unimaginable torture he maintains an eerie silence. He escapes---and on the way to freedom, completes a mysterious mission. The prisoner is Dimiter, the American'agent from Hell.'The scene shifts to Jerusalem, focusing on Hadassah Hospital and a cast of engaging, colorful characters: the brooding Christian Arab police detective, Peter Meral; Dr. Moses Mayo, a troubled but humorous neurologist; Samia, an attractive, sharp-tongued nurse; and assorted American and Israeli functionaries and hospital staff. All become enmeshed in a series of baffling, inexplicable deaths, until events explode in a surprising climax.Told with unrelenting pace, Dimiter's compelling, page-turning narrative is haunted by the search for faith and the truths of the human condition. Dimiter is William Peter Blatty's first full novel since the 1983 publication of Legion.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied. William Peter Blatty has thrilled generations of readers with his iconic mega-bestseller The Exorcist . Now Blatty gives us Dimiter , a riveting story of murder, revenge, and suspense. Laced with themes of faith and love, sin and forgiveness, vengeance and compassion, it is a novel in the grand tradition of Morris Wests The Devils Advocate and the Catholic novels of Graham Greene. Dimiter opens in the worlds most oppressive and isolated totalitarian Albania in the 1970s. A prisoner suspected of being an enemy agent is held by state security. An unsettling presence, though subjected to unimaginable torture he maintains an eerie silence. He escapes---and on the way to freedom, completes a mysterious mission. The prisoner is Dimiter, the American agent from Hell. The scene shifts to Jerusalem, focusing on Hadassah Hospital and a cast of engaging, colorful the brooding Christian Arab police detective, Peter Meral; Dr. Moses Mayo, a troubled but humorous neurologist; Samia, an attractive, sharp-tongued nurse; and assorted American and Israeli functionaries and hospital staff. All become enmeshed in a series of baffling, inexplicable deaths, until events explode in a surprising climax. Told with unrelenting pace, Dimiter s compelling, page-turning narrative is haunted by the search for faith and the truths of the human condition. Dimiter is William Peter Blatty's first full novel since the 1983 publication of Legion . As State Security In 1970s Albania Tortures A Prisoner Named Dimiter, Known As The American Agent From Hell, The Staff At Jerusalem's Hadassah Hospital Becomes Enmeshed In A Series Of Unexplainable Deaths, Until Events Explode In A Surprising Climax. William Peter Blatty. A Tom Doherty Associates Book.