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A review by danielyates
The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene
5.0
Greene at the peak of his powers, allowing us to view the slow collapse of the whiskey priest, on the run from the anti-clerical purge in an unnamed Mexican state.
Cinematic in its descriptions, we glimpse a series of unfulfilled, unhappy lives before the focus settles on two main characters, the aforementioned priest and the police lieutenant determined to catch and execute him. Both are deeply flawed characters, yet in their own way likeable.
The story is part thriller, part investigation into the fallibility of man and his belief systems, both political and religious.
Coming back to this book about 10 years since last reading it, it truly gets better - possible my favourite book of all time.
Cinematic in its descriptions, we glimpse a series of unfulfilled, unhappy lives before the focus settles on two main characters, the aforementioned priest and the police lieutenant determined to catch and execute him. Both are deeply flawed characters, yet in their own way likeable.
The story is part thriller, part investigation into the fallibility of man and his belief systems, both political and religious.
Coming back to this book about 10 years since last reading it, it truly gets better - possible my favourite book of all time.