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The Power and the Glory
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A powerful story of beliefs, flaws, griefs.

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Petra
Dec 13, 2013 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
This is a powerful little book. It shows the best and worst of dogma, as well as the cowardice and bravery of being human and living up to a standard, whatever that standard may be.
The unnamed Whisky Priest is everything good and bad the human race. He's flawed, full of guilt & sin and still he struggles to do right and find his way. He holds mass and confessions, absolving others of guilt and sin.....but there's no one to absolve his guilt & sin. He will suffer always. Yet, he faces himself an
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Ellen
Jan 12, 2011 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
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