One of the greatest novels of the twentieth century, in a new edition commemorating its 75th anniversary 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.
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Timeless and unforgettable, The Power and the Glory is a stunning portrait of both physical and spiritual survival by a master dramatist of the human soul.
As he scraps his way toward salvation, haunted by an affair from his past, the nameless whiskey priest is pulled between the bottle and the Bible, tempted to renounce his religion yet unable to ignore the higher calling he\'s chosen.
Now the last priest is on the run, fleeing not just an unshakable police lieutenant but also his own wavering morals.
Mexico, the late 1930s: A paramilitary group has outlawed the Catholic Church and been executing its clergy.
Named one of the 100 best novels of the twentieth century by Time magazine, it stands today as his masterpiece.
One of the greatest novels of the twentieth century, in a new edition commemorating its 75th anniversary 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
