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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."
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1,915 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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Mar 24, 2015 · The Power and the Glory (Penguin Classics) Paperback – March 24, 2015. by Graham Greene (Author), John Updike (Introduction) 4.2 3,089 ratings. See all formats and editions. One of the greatest novels of the twentieth century, in a new edition commemorating its 75th anniversary.
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A short summary of Graham Greene's The Power and the Glory. This free synopsis covers all the crucial plot points of The Power and the Glory.
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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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Nov 5, 1991 · 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.
About The Power and the Glory. 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.
