The Exorcist (novel) The Exorcist (novel) The Exorcist is a 1971 horror novel by American writer William Peter Blatty. The book details the demonic possession of twelve-year-old Regan MacNeil, the daughter of a famous actress, and the two priests who attempt to exorcise the demon. Published by Harper & Row, the novel was the basis of a highly successful film adaption released two years later, whose screenplay was also written and produced by Blatty, and part of "The Exorcist" franchise. The novel was inspired by a 1949 case of demonic possession and exorcism that Blatty heard about while he was a student in
The Great American Baseball Card Flipping, Trading and Bubble Gum Book which rekindled interest in 1950s baseball. Brendan C. Boyd is co-author of The Great American Baseball Card Flipping, Trading And Bubblegum Book. Brendan wrote another book, published in 1993, titled "Blue Ruin: A Novel of the 1919 World Series". According to the back of "Blue Ruin", "Brendan Boyd is a native of Boston who now lives in Paris with his wife, Elaine." In the introduction to the 1991 reissue edition of "The Great American Baseball Card Flipping, Trading and Bubble Gum Book," he noted that his car had been stolen, and along with it his baseball card collection. Fred C.