The Power and the Glory

Greene, Graham

Published by William Heinemann, London, 1943

About this Item

Small 8vo. Hardcover. Pp. 244. 3rd Printing. In very good condition; original dust-jacket over cloth boards with black title on spine. Cloth binding is faded in parts, with a crease at the front. Dust-jacket has light foxing and shows some signs of wear, including tears at the top of the spine, and in upper corners. Light marks and creases. Pages themselves are clean and unmarked with light foxing. Hint of cracking at inner hinge but binding nonetheless remains tight. The Power and the Glory is a 1940 novel by British author Graham Greene. It was initially published in the United States under the title The Labyrinthine Ways. Greene's novel tells the story of a renegade Catholic 'whisky priest' (a term coined by Greene) living in the Mexican state of Tabasco in the 1930s, a time when the Mexican government was attempting to suppress the Catholic Church. That suppression had resulted in the Cristero War, so named for its Catholic combatants' slogan "Viva Cristo Rey" ("Long live Christ the King"). In 1941, the novel received the Hawthornden Prize British literary award. In 2005, it was chosen by TIME magazine as one of the hundred best English-language novels since 1923. Seller Inventory # 036471

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Power and the Glory

Publisher: William Heinemann, London

Publication Date: 1943

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Good

Edition: 3rd Edition