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Name: The power and the Glory
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Author: Graham Greene

📘 The power and the Glory by Graham Greene

Set during the era of religious persecution in early 1930s Mexico, this novel follows an unnamed Catholic priest who struggles with alcoholism and a shameful past. While traveling through the country, he administers rites to poor, landless peasants while evading a remorseless police officer. His every step is shadowed by the fear of betrayal from those he seeks to help, as he grapples with a tense duty to the church and his own quest for redemption.

First publish date: 1940

Genre: Historical Fiction/20th Century Historical Fiction

Authors: Graham Greene

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