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The Power and the Glory
- Narrated by: Andrew Sachs
- Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
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In a poor Mexican state in the 1930s, the Red Shirts have viciously persecuted the clergy and murdered many priests. Yet one remains - the ‘whisky priest’ who believes he's lost his soul. On the run and 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…
Andrew Sachs reads Graham Greene’s powerful novel about a worldly Roman Catholic priest and his quest for penitence and dignity.
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- Niall Marshall
- 07-04-21
An oddly inspiring story about human frailty
A flawed priest in 1930s Mexico embodies the average Catholic in any era. At once tragic, hopeless and hopeful. This is a powerful story about the misery and majesty of the human condition. A must-listen.
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- Andrea Edan
- 15-12-22
A difficult one
This is one of GGs more difficult books. Although excellently written as usual, the subject was one of the hardest to listen to and the author did not hold back. The feelings of desperation and helplessness of practically all the characters came through vividly in this excellent narration. Advice: don’t read or listen to this book if you are in an unhappy frame of mind…
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- Anonymous User
- 23-12-12
Thought provoking
I did this book at school and it remained with me in the back of my mind. The complexity of the main character was sore on my head, as it twists and turns depending on when you look. Well narrated
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- RedAlpinist
- 20-01-24
An excellent performance of this superb book
The performance was fantastic, with all voices and accents suitable. The Book of course is superb, depending how you like your literature!
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- thevicarat12
- 24-10-22
Gripping and atmospheric
Andrew Sachs reads this story of a hunted, and haunted, flawed priest perfectly. The evocation of the various characters that the priest meets in his wanderings is greatly enhanced by Sach's rendition of the text. Perhaps Greene's best Catholic novel, it is a laying bare of the priest's tormented guilt, fear and weakness as he seeks to avoid martyrdom at the hands of a virulently anti-religious South American revolutionary state.
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- Amazon Customer
- 15-06-23
Thought Provoking
This novel took me a while to get into but I’m very glad to have carried on with it.
One of those books that allows you to become a traveler in another era and country.
Fabulous narration!
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- S. Keane
- 06-05-20
Brilliant book Graham Greene at his best.
This is such a brilliant book; revolution, love, betrayal and faith. Perfect narration Andrew Sachs
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- Jacky
- 26-11-16
Engaging and fabulously read
the story has a slow pace and describes an important time in the history of Mexico through the journey of a priest. Fantastically well read which brings it alive as sometimes the pace is too slow.
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- m donald
- 29-09-15
story feels dated
The book is undoubtedly well written, but the story feels somewhat dated now, narration brilliant
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- H MCGAHAN
- 19-12-20
The philosophical Greene in one of his best
I have loved TPATG from first reading very many years ago and whilst Andrew Sachs embellishes matters with a sensitive rendition, Greene's latterly exposed feet of clay reduce the effect to second division status.
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