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The power and the glory

Graham Greene explores corruption and atonement in this penetrating novel set in 1930s Mexico during the era of Communist religious persecutions. As revolutionaries determine to stamp out the evils of the church through violence, the last Roman Catholic priest is on the lam, hunted by a police lieutenant. Despite his own sense of worthlessness--he is a heavy drinker and has fathered an illegitimate child--he is determined to continue to function as a priest until captured ...

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  • "Graham Greene explores corruption and atonement in this penetrating novel set in 1930s Mexico during the era of Communist religious persecutions. As revolutionaries determine to stamp out the evils of the church through violence, the last Roman Catholic priest is on the lam, hunted by a police lieutenant. Despite his own sense of worthlessness--he is a heavy drinker and has fathered an illegitimate child--he is determined to continue to function as a priest until captured ..."@en
  • "A Mexican priest, profoundly religious, but with a weakness for whiskey, alternatately runs from the authorities and risks his own life to help the poor."
  • "One of Mexico's states is undergoing a religious purge. Every Catholic priest is being arrested. This is the story of such a man, on the run through the jungles, villages and plantations.--"@en
  • "This is the story of a whiskey priest who is hunted by Communist authorities during the religious persecution in Mexico. Despite his own sense of worthlessness, he is determined to continue to function as a priest until captured."@en
  • "A Mexican priest, fleeing from the authorities, risks his life to help the poor."@en
  • "Graham Greene explores corruption and atonement in this novel set in 1930s Mexico during the era of Communist religious persecutions. As revolutionaries determine to stamp out the evils of the church through violence, the last Roman Catholic priest is on the lam, hunted by a police lieutenant. Despite his own sense of worthlessness--he is a heavy drinker and has fathered an illegitimate child--he is determined to continue to function as a priest until captured. He is contrasted with Padre Jose, a priest who has accepted marriage and embodies humiliation."@en
  • "When the government collapses in southern Mexico, an atheist group, known as the Red Shirts, assumes control. As part of their anti-God rhetoric, they outlaw worship and systematically hunt down and murder priests. Now, Mexico's last remaining priest must overcome his cowardly ways and stand up for his beliefs."
  • "When the government collapses in southern Mexico, an atheist group, known as the Red Shirts, assumes control. As part of their anti-God rhetoric, they outlaw worship and systematically hunt down and murder priests. Now, Mexico's last remaining priest must overcome his cowardly ways and stand up for his beliefs."@en
  • "In a poor Mexican state, the Red Shirts have gained control, outlawed God, and murdered priests. But one still lives: the whisky priest, who has an illegitimate daughter and believes he has lost his soul. As he tramps through the baking villages and mountain trails, it is a long time before he is able to stop running and find God."
  • "Tijdens de geloofsvervolgingen in Mexico in de jaren twintig van de 20e eeuw laat een opgejaagde en aan drank verslaafde priester zijn kansen op ontsnapping lopen om in nood verkerende mensen te helpen."
  • "One of Mexico's states is undergoing a religious purge. Every Catholic priest is being arrested. This is the story of such a man, on the run through the jungles, villages and plantations."@en
  • "One of Mexico's states is undergoing a religious purge. Every Catholic priest is being arrested. This is the story of such a man, on the run through the jungles, villages and plantations."

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  • "Religious fiction"@en
  • "Christian fiction"
  • "Christian fiction"@en
  • "History"
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  • "Psychological fiction"@en
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  • "The power and the glory"
  • "The power and the glory"@en
  • "The Power and the glory"
  • "Power and the Glory, by Graham Greene"
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