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4.0 out of 5 stars
METAPHYSICAL MISHMASH or BAD SCIENCE FOR A GOOD BOOK, Dec 10 2002
Recently, I came across an old, sorely beaten paperback copy of William Peter Blatty's THE NINTH CONFIGURATION that I read as a young man and, liking it so much, passed around for all my friends to enjoy. Wondering if the story and the writing would hold up after all this time, I made a grab for my reading glasses and shoved off. Yes, the prose is dated somewhat and certainly overwrought, and again we find ourselves burdened with another shellshocked, soul-shredded Vietnam warrior-hero type. Yes, the antiquated reasoning behind Blatty's metaphysics seems nearly as laughable now as any of the outrageous dialogue, and the Hollywood ending is just too cute. Yet, none of this spells death sentence here. This is a small book with a big heart, and, in the end, this story works because it is funny. Blatty has us laughing out loud in the face of stark madness and tragedy by page two and never lets up. NINTH CONFIGURATION is fun and interesting and for me that's enough.
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A #1 Thriller and Suspense!, Aug 21 2002
A team of misfits from military are collected for a special
project, study of what drove them into insanity. This story is
terrific look at human pysche, belief system, and will. This
is also the novel from which the movie with Stacey Keech, arrived. EXCELLENT action, plot, characters. Thought-provoking
and maybe even life-changing.
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AN UNUSUAL THRILLER..., Aug 5 2001
This is a well written and tightly crafted novel. The dialogue, while often full of angst, is witty and clever. The premise of the book is certainly unusual. A secret facility houses militairy officers, all brave men, who have, for reasons unknown, become mentally disturbed. Housed without hope, a militairy psychiatrist enters their lives in a most unexpected way. Yet, it appears that he has his own issues with which to contend. Issues that lie at the heart of his seeming understanding of their problems. Things are not always what they seem. Be prepare for a shocking surprise. This book is definitely a thriller in every sense of the word.
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