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The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene
My rating: 2 of 5 stars
In a poor, remote section of Southern Mexico, the paramilitary group, the Red Shirts have taken control. God has been outlawed, and the priests have been systematically hunted down and killed. Now, the last priest is on the run. Too human for heroism, too humble for martyrdom, the nameless little worldly “whiskey priest” is nevertheless impelled toward his squalid Calvary as much by his own compassion for humanity as by the efforts of his pursuers.
This book was recommended to me by my husband as it meets the "includes Latin American History" prompt for the challenge I'm doing.
It's well written and it's about the time when priests were being driven out from a southern state of Mexico. Sadly I didn't find it gripping. Thankfully it was fairly short.
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I read a lot of Graham Green's novels as a teenager and really enjoyed them. After reading your review I am wondering what I would think now.
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