The Power and the Glory The Power and the Glory The Power and the Glory (1940) is a novel by British author Graham Greene. The title is an allusion to the doxology often recited at the end of the Lord's Prayer: "For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, forever and ever, amen." It was initially published in the United States under the title The Labyrinthine Ways. Greene's novel tells the story of a renegade Roman 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
The Power (Alderman novel) of the convent plays a crucial role during the development of the power of women. The book, backed up by critics’ reviews and awards, was broadly regarded as significant work of literature. The Washington Post reviewer Ron Charles praised the novel as “one of those essential feminist works that terrifies and illuminates, enrages and encourages.” The Power was the winner of the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction in 2017. The novel was also featured fourth in The 10 Best Books of 2017 list by The New York Times. The Guardian’s deputy literary editor Justine Jordan praised the book by stating