The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene

The novel tells the story of a Roman Catholic priest in the state of Tabasco in Mexico during the 1930s, a time when the Mexican government, still effectively controlled by Plutarco Elías Calles, strove to suppress the Catholic Church. The persecution was especially severe in the province of Tabasco, where the anti-clerical governor Tomás Garrido Canabal had founded and actively encouraged "fascist" paramilitary groups (called the “Red-Shirts”) and succeeded in closing all the churches in the state; forcing the priests to marry and give up their gowns, making a hitherto conservative and staid state a model of revolutionary sterility and oppression.

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This book is on the following lists:

  1. - 66th on The 100 Greatest Novels (greatbooksguide.com)
  2. - 72nd on Waterstone's Books of the Century (LibraryThing)
  3. - TIME Magazine All Time 100 Novels (TIME Magazine)
  4. - The 80 Books Every Man Should Read (Esquire)
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The Power and the Glory Hardcover 9873307 $80.00
The Power and the Glory (Korean Edition) Hardcover 5867462 $29.99 2010
The Power and the Glory by Greene, Graham [Penguin Classics, 2003] ( Paperback ) [Paperback] Paperback 1356067 $15.29 $10.05
El Poder y la Gloria [The Power and the Glory] Audible Audio Edition 113806 $3.95 2006
The Power and the Glory Hardcover 5026871 $9.61
The Power and the Glory (Twentieth Century Classics) Mass Market Paperback 426189 $3.24 $0.01 1991
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The Power and the Glory Paperback 2697263 $59.99
The Power and the Glory Audible Audio Edition 7448 $10.95 2011
The Power and the Glory (The Collected Edition, 5) Hardcover 6399985 $11.25 1971
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The Power And The Glory Paperback 5664900 $5.90 $3.49 2010
The Power and the Glory: 50th Anniversary Edition Hardcover 1416128 $13.18 $0.01 1990
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THE POWER AND THE GLORY (Spanish Edition) Audio CD 6280967 $17.00 $139.08 2002
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By Graham Greene - The Power and the Glory (Twentieth Century Classics) (1991-11-20) [Mass Market Paperback] Mass Market Paperback 823843 $76.93 $3.47 1991
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Greene: The Power and The Glory (Brodie's Notes) Paperback 21181540 $25.99 $70.44 1992
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The Power and the Glory: A Viking Largetype Book Hardcover 13920961 $500.00
The Power and the Glory (Penguin Classics) Paperback 27504 $12.12 $5.64 2015
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The Power and the Glory Audio CD 1737221 $22.99 $22.70 2011
The Power and the Glory Paperback 1836786 $6.03 $0.01 1977
York Notes on "The Power and the Glory" by Graham Greene (York Notes) Paperback 14115461 $195.00 $2.93 1988
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