The Power and the Glory: 50th Anniversary Edition
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How does good spoil, and how can bad be redeemed? In his penetrating novel The Power and the Glory, Graham Greene explores corruption and atonement through a priest and the people he encounters. In the 1930s one Mexican state has outlawed the Church, naming it a source of greed and debauchery. The priests have been rounded up and shot by firing squad--save one, the whisky priest. On the run, and in a blur of alcohol and fear, this outlaw meets a dentist, a banana farmer, and a village woman he knew six years earlier. For a while, he is accompanied by a toothless man--whom he refers to as his Judas and does his
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Manufacturer: Viking Adult
Release date: 1 October 1990
ISBN-10 : 0670835366 | ISBN-13: 9780670835362
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Release date: 1 October 1990
ISBN-10 : 0670835366 | ISBN-13: 9780670835362