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In a poor, remote section of southern Mexico, the paramilitary group, the Red Shirts have taken control. God has been outlawed, and the priests have been systematically hunted down and killed. Now, the last priest is on the run.
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A 1940 novel by Graham Greene about a renegade Catholic priest in Mexico during the Cristero War. The novel explores the themes of faith, betrayal, and persecution in a harsh and violent environment.
- Graham Greene
- 1940
Mar 24, 2015 · Seventy-five years ago, Graham Greene published The Power and the Glory, a moralist thriller that traces a line of influence back to Dostoyevsky and forward to Cormac McCarthy. Named one of the 100 best novels of the twentieth century by Time magazine, it stands today as his masterpiece.
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A novel by Graham Greene about a priest on the run from the police in a state where religion is outlawed. The priest faces many dangers and temptations as he tries to perform his last mass and face his execution.
- Graham Greene
- 1940
Mar 13, 2018 · The Power and the Glory Kindle Edition. by Graham Greene (Author) Format: Kindle Edition. 4.2 3,150 ratings. See all formats and editions. This prize-winning novel of a fugitive priest in Mexico is quite simply “Graham Greene’s masterpiece” (John Updike, The New York Review of Books).
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Feb 25, 2003 · First published in England in 1940, The Power and the Glory deserves its reputation as one of the great novels of the twentieth century. It comes close to being a perfectly realized work of art. An unnamed priest is on the run in a revolutionary Mexican state that has outlawed the Catholic religion.
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A summary of Graham Greene's novel The Power and the Glory, which follows a whisky priest who flees the Red Shirts, a persecuting regime in Mexico. The novel explores the themes of faith, sin, and grace through the priest's journey and his encounters with various characters.
