The Power and the Glory [J0057]

1990 Special Fiftieth Anniversary Edition of the 1940 original, with an introduction by John Updike. HCDJ Nice clean condition. In a poor, remote section of southern Mexico, the Red Shirts have taken control, God has been outlawed, and the priests have been systematically hunted down and killed. Now, the last priest strives to overcome physical and moral cowardice in order to find redemption. 240 pp.

From recent Amazon/GoodReads reviews: "Terribly beautiful and human. So desolate it hurts and yet so so hopeful. Cinematic and vivid."; "Greene's depiction of men of faith in crisis is unparalleled, never coming off as simplistic, trite, or melodramatic."; "Greene is doing something genuinely interesting here-using the confrontations between a whisky-soaked priest and a zealous atheist lieutenant to expose how religious fervor and ideological certainty can make mirror images of each other."