num_pages: 220
description: During a vicious persecution of the clergy in Mexico, a worldly priest, the whisky priest, is on the run. 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, reluctant to abandon those who need him."
language: English
title: The Power and the Glory
titlecomplete: The Power and the Glory
characters: The whisky priest, Coral Fellows, Mr. Tench, Maria, Captain Fellows, Padre José
genres: Fiction, 20th Century, Classics, British Literature, Religion, Catholic, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Literature, Novels
ratings_count: 38448
places: Mexico
awards: awardedAt: -915120000000
name: Hawthornden Prize
publisher: Vintage