num_pages: 552
description: During an anti-clerical purge in Mexico, a priest is hunted like a hare. Too human for heroism, too humble for martyrdom, the little worldly priest is nevertheless impelled towards his squalid Calvary as much by his own compassion for humanity as by the efforts of his pursuers.
language: English
title: The Power and the Glory
titlecomplete: The Power and the Glory
characters: Mr. Tench, The whisky priest, Captain Fellows, Maria, Padre José, Coral Fellows
genres: 20th Century, Literature, Classics, Literary Fiction, Novels, Religion, Catholic, Historical Fiction, Fiction, British Literature
ratings_count: 38436
places: Mexico
awards: awardedAt: -915120000000
name: Hawthornden Prize
publisher: Penguin Books