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  1. Pages. 216. The Power and the Glory is a 1940 novel by British author Graham Greene. The title is an allusion to the doxology often recited at the end of the Lord's Prayer: "For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, forever and ever, amen." It was initially published in the United States under the title The Labyrinthine Ways .

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  2. 1,917 reviews 16.9k followers. February 10, 2017. The Power and the Glory, Graham Greene’s 1940 novel about the Mexican state of Tabasco’s virulent anti-church campaign in the 1930s is a powerful statement about courage, duty and the persistence of faith.

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  3. The Power and the Glory follows a man known only as the whisky priest who travels across the state of Tabasco, Mexico while fleeing the Red Shirts, the ruling political party that has outlawed Catholicism. At the start of the novel, the whisky priest has almost managed to escape Tabasco, as he is about to depart on a ship.

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  6. Mar 13, 2018 · The Power and the Glory Kindle Edition. by Graham Greene (Author) Format: Kindle Edition. 3,066. 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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  8. Overview. The Power and the Glory, published in 1940, is a novel by British author Graham Greene that unfolds in 1930s Mexico during anti-Catholic persecution. The novel follows the "whiskey priest," the last practicing Catholic clergyman in the region, as he is pursued by authorities.

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