Reprise: Friday Forgotten Book – The Ninth Configuration

Since the moveable feast that is Easter is late this year, I thought it appropriate to re-post (and update) a piece I wrote in late-2009 for the excellent Friday Forgotten Book series on Patricia Abbott’s blog. When she asked at the time, I didn’t know what I’d examine. Then it came to me: William Peter Blatty‘s The Ninth Configuration. It was the out of the ordinary novel I read the same year my mother passed away, and I’ve cherished it ever since (still have the book, in fact). Others, too, have praised the work. My good friend Corey Wilde wrote a great and thoughtful review during that summer, and another blogger friend, christian, wrote an equally first-rate review of its film adaptation for his Easter/Passover post last year. For me, it remains a remarkable and strangely reflective work. Read more