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I once read this book when I was at school and I would like to find it and read it again, but however i've forgotten the name of it!. From what I remember it was set in mexico about a padre who went around blessing people, who still believed in him once his religion was outlawed and militia was killing holy men!. He once saw his daughter and described her as having a face tainted like the devil and removed of innocence!. As people were trying to kill him, he went from town to town in secret spreading his faith!. At one point I remember him riding around on a donkey, and being fatigued!. And having to trust people who may hand him in for a reward!. Any ideas!? It's quite a short story but good!. What I remember may not be exact but if you've read it you'll know what I mean!. Any ideas!? Www@QuestionHome@Com
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"The Power and the Glory" by Graham Greene
http://www!.amazon!.com/Power-Glory-Pengui!.!.!.
"How does good spoil, and how can bad be redeemed!? In his penetrating novel The Power and the Glory, Graham Greene explores corruption and atonement through a priest and the people he encounters!. In the 1930s one Mexican state has outlawed the Church, naming it a source of greed and debauchery!. The priests have been rounded up and shot by firing squad--save one, the whisky priest!. On the run, and in a blur of alcohol and fear, this outlaw meets a dentist, a banana farmer, and a village woman he knew six years earlier!. For a while, he is accompanied by a toothless man--whom he refers to as his Judas and does his best to ditch!. Always, an adamant lieutenant is only a few hours behind, determined to liberate his country from the evils of the church!.
On the verge of reaching a safer region, the whisky priest is repeatedly held back by his vocation, even though he no longer feels fit to perform his rites: "When he was gone it would be as if God in all this space between the sea and the mountains ceased to exist!. Wasn't it his duty to stay, even if they despised him, even if they were murdered for his sake!? even if they were corrupted by his example!?"
As his sins and dangers increase, the broken priest comes to confront the nature of piety and love!. Still, when he is granted a reprieve, he feels himself sliding into the old arrogance, slipping it on like the black gloves he used to wear!. Greene has drawn this man--and all he encounters--vividly and viscerally!. He may have said The Power and the Glory was "written to a thesis," but this brilliant theological thriller has far more mysteries--and troubling ideals--than certainties!."
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Just confirming the above - it's absolutely Graham Greene's "The Power and the Glory!."Www@QuestionHome@Com
The Heart of the Matter by Graham GreeneWww@QuestionHome@Com