Dimiter

In light of what you're telling me, is it fair to call Dimiter a spy novel, in the tradition of say, Le Carre?

William Friedkin: A Quiet Little Thriller William Friedkin 2010

His new novel, "Dimiter," is similarly preoccupied with good and evil, with the mysterious and the miraculous, although it is also something of a departure.

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Set in the 1970s, "Dimiter" introduces us, in a riveting opening scene, to an enigmatic inmate in an Albanian prison during the gray days of Enver Hoxha's regime.

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Are you concerned that Dimiter might not resonate with readers today?

William Friedkin: A Quiet Little Thriller William Friedkin 2010

This is the first time I've ever interviewed him, on the occasion of the publication of his suspenseful and powerful new work, the novel Dimiter.

William Friedkin: A Quiet Little Thriller William Friedkin 2010

It is there if you're looking for it, but with Dimiter, I set out primarily to write a quiet little thriller.

William Friedkin: A Quiet Little Thriller William Friedkin 2010

The reader should know Dimiter is not an Exorcist sequel.

William Friedkin: A Quiet Little Thriller William Friedkin 2010

I think there are readers who will find the torture sequence in Dimiter as graphic as the possession scenes in The Exorcist.

William Friedkin: A Quiet Little Thriller William Friedkin 2010

Do you think Dimiter measures up to The Exorcist, as a piece of writing?

William Friedkin: A Quiet Little Thriller William Friedkin 2010

Q. Dimiter seems more rooted in reality -- up to a point -- than your other books.

William Friedkin: A Quiet Little Thriller William Friedkin 2010