The Power and the Glory
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The Power and the Glory
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Narrated by:
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Andrew Sachs
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By:
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Graham Greene
About this listen
In a poor Mexican state in the 1930s, the Red Shirts have viciously persecuted the clergy and murdered many priests. Yet one remains - the ‘whisky priest’ who believes he's lost his soul. On the run and with the police closing in, his routes of escape are being shut off, his chances getting fewer. But compassion and humanity force him along the road to his destiny…
Andrew Sachs reads Graham Greene’s powerful novel about a worldly Roman Catholic priest and his quest for penitence and dignity.
©1940 Graham Greene (P)2014 Audible, Inc.What listeners say about The Power and the Glory
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- Amazon Customer
- 01-07-2018
A classic.
A wonderful reading of a true classic book. Sachs gives just enough character to each voice to bring the book to life without turning it into a performance rather than a reading. I highly recommend it.
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- Richard
- 01-03-2020
Brilliant Graham Greene
Depressing, but uplifting. A master craftsman of the English Language. Can you believe in God, though?
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- Phil
- 15-06-2020
Vintage Greene, beautifully narrated.
I've only recently discovered Greene, though I've been aware of his reputation for a long time. I've read three of his titles now but this is the first audio version I've purchased. If it's any indication of the standard, I'll be purchasing many more. A great story, told by a master wordsmith and wonderfully narrated.
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- Pete Shields
- 27-12-2020
Powerful morality
Where the church is repressed and terrorised the natural law and moral thinking still conquers through acts of kindness. Wonderful characterisation and a compassion for Mexico and her people. Our Mother of Guadalupe brought the nation of Mexico together and that cannot be under tyranny.
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- 10-11-2019
A very slow burn that gets there eventually
I came to this book after reading Green's flawless The Quiet American.
Unfortunately this book was a bit dull in comparison, despite the evocative setting.
It has moments of brilliance scattered throughout the book. And the closing chapters are very powerful.
In order to get there you have to wade through a lot of repetitive self-imposed guilt trips from the protagonist, the whisky priest.
Compounding this issue, the characters other than the priest are all somewhat hollow. They seem to exist entirely for the priest to interact with so the author can use the interactions to shed light on the priest's internal struggles. Even the priest himself seems at times simply a vessel for Green to go over his own issues with belief and guilt in countless ways throughout the book.
If you like Green it may be worth it just to get to the stunning conclusion but I certainly found getting there a bit of a hard slog.
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