The Power and the Glory

Description:

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.

subjects: Anti-clericalism,  Catholic Church,  Catholics,  Clergy,  Fiction,  Persecution,  Social life and customs,  Classics,  Multicultural,  Supsense,  Historical fiction,  Classic,  British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author),  Clergy, fiction,  Mexico, fiction,  Fiction, christian, general,  Large type books,  Anticléricalisme,  Romans, nouvelles,  Catholiques,  Clergé,  Aufsatzsammlung,  English fiction,  Priests,  Fiction, general,  History,  Medicine,  Scientists

People: Graham Greene (1904-),  Graham Greene (1904-1991)

Places: Mexico

Times: 1930's