I agree that "The Power and the Glory" is a wonderful
book.
I read a bunch of Greene years ago, then began again this
year after happening upon his excellent short story "The
Destructors". In the last few months I've read "England Made
Me", "A Gun For Sale",
"Brighton Rock", "The Confidential Agent", and "The Power and
the Glory" -- the books he published from 1935 to 1940, in
that order. I think he was basically getting better with
every book in that period.
"A Gun For Sale" and "The Confidential Agent" are the
entertainments, the other three the more ambitious works, and
I think "The Power and The Glory" is easily the best of the
bunch. Next up, "The Ministry of Fear" (1943). I have a copy
and will read it one of these weeks.
Stephen
On Nov 4, 2007 8:23 PM, Michael Robison <
miker_zspider@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> Patrick King wrote:
>
> He wasn't only a novelist who wrote books
with
> Catholic themes like THE POWER AND THE
GLORY.
>
> *************
> Wahoo! The whiskey priest. It don't get much
better
> than that. A fine example of Christian noir, with
a
> raw and nasty and at the same time
wonderfully
> symbolic ending. The writing is never perfect but
the
> story is.
>
> I've read a couple other of his entertainments,
but
> nothing he considered serious.
>
> miker
>
>
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