Mustering out of the Air Force, he joined the United States Information Agency and worked as an editor based in Beirut, Lebanon, about which he would write in his humorous autobiography "Which Way to Mecca, Jack?".
Mustering out of the Air Force, he joined the United States Information Agency and worked as an editor based in Beirut, Lebanon. Blatty was a Roman Catholic, about which he would write in his humorous autobiography "Which Way to Mecca, Jack?".