The Power and the Glory is great book. Graham Greene uses the perfect amount of description in his writing to paint a clear picture of an innocent "criminal" making his way through a dying country full off obstacles. The way he writes lets you feel as if you are inside the main characters head traveling with him, battling the elements, and meeting all kinds of strange and wonderful characters. This book holds your attention from beginning to end making you ask what will happen next, and there is never a dull moment. Greene writes with vivid description and a fairly wide vocabulary so i would recommend the book to ages fifteen and older. Anyone who enjoys suspense or a story that keeps you on the edge of your seat guessing at where the book is taking you will enjoy The Power and the Glory just as much as i did.

In a Mexican Socialist state Catholicism is outlawed and a flawed, "whiskey priest" is on the lam from a patriotic, zealous Lieutenent. This harrowing manhunt is not for a typically pious priest ; he is a drunk and a fornicator. While being tracked down, he comes to grips with the reality of being a bad priest and is filled with self-doubt and loathing. But his sense of duty sends him directly in harm's way, as he decides to journey back to the hostile state to hear the confession of a murderer he has never met. The nameless priest knows this is a set-up and a trap from which he will not escape. An intensely moral novel that serves as a modern crucifixion tale. Religion in this magnificent novel is not a path towards perfecting the soul, but a means of understanding and accepting human frailty. Graham Greene's masterpiece