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The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene
3.0

3.5. Definitely a good book, but I think I did it a disservice by reading it laying in bed for the most part. I kept falling asleep and reading parts in a hypnagogic state. I started reading it while not laying down and it was a more enjoyable read, although I'd hesitate to use that word to describe this book. Insightful is probably a better descriptor. Also: that priest had some deep guilt.

Update — 15 January 2016:
Right now I'm reading [b: The Heart of the Matter|7114761|Heart of the Matter|Emily Giffin|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1441249140s/7114761.jpg|10424899], which I'm a bit more attentive to thank this one, but more on that when I finish. Anyway, I think that the title of this book is very significant and almost signifies Greene's approach to Catholicism. Some may not know, but the Lord's Prayer has a few different versions: Catholics (at least English-speaking ones) often say "trespasses" instead of "debts", and the Anglican church that uses the Book of Common Prayer adds at the end a doxology, "for thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory / for ever and ever, / Amen." The fact that Greene took the title for his Catholic-themed novel from the BCP, I think, shows his relatively flexible approach to religion, which is reflected in his portrayal of guilt over sin and implication of forgiveness.