num_pages: 222
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: 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: 38441
places: Mexico
awards: awardedAt: -915120000000
name: Hawthornden Prize
publisher: Penguin Books