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A review by andrew61
The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene
4.0
The variety and depth of work produced by Graham greene never ceases to amaze me as does his ability to create a story in just over 200pages which in a modern author would stretch to over 500.
I was completely lost in the world of a whisky priest in a Mexico where a dictatorship either shoots clerics or forces them to renounce their faith and marry. In a narrative evocative of the journey if christ (including the return by donkey , his own judas ,and a police lieutenant who must decide his fate) our flawed hero tries to escape but by the end accepts a fate to answer for his sins.
A story of human frailties, of the strength or weakness of faith, this is a remarkable book which will live with me for some time although it is a sad tale as well with little redemption at the end.
I was completely lost in the world of a whisky priest in a Mexico where a dictatorship either shoots clerics or forces them to renounce their faith and marry. In a narrative evocative of the journey if christ (including the return by donkey , his own judas ,and a police lieutenant who must decide his fate) our flawed hero tries to escape but by the end accepts a fate to answer for his sins.
A story of human frailties, of the strength or weakness of faith, this is a remarkable book which will live with me for some time although it is a sad tale as well with little redemption at the end.