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The Power and the Glory
First published 1940
In a Mexican state where the Church has been outlawed, a flawed Catholic priest continues moving between isolated communities despite knowing that the authorities execute clergy who refuse to renounce their ministry. He drinks, has fathered a child and understands that his own conduct makes him an imperfect representative of faith.
A committed police lieutenant pursues the priest and takes hostages from villages believed to have sheltered him. The chase forces both men to confront the human cost of their principles. Greene’s novel examines persecution, guilt and grace during Mexico’s anti-clerical campaigns and was published in the United States as The Labyrinthine Ways.
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