The Power and the Glory

One of Greene’s most powerful novels, the book takes as its theme the era of religious suppression in Mexico during the early 1930’s. An unnamed Catholic priest, an alcoholic with a shameful past in search of either oblivion or redemption, travels through Mexico administering the rites of the church to the poor landless peasants, hunted by a remorseless police officer and always in fear of being betrayed by those he is attempting to help.

Year

1991

Language

English

Publisher

Penguin Classics

Editions

41

Reader rating

4.3 / 5 (11)

Pages

222

ISBN

9780140184990

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