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To be honest, I really didn't like this book. I am not sure why it is considered a great book.
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Personally, I don’t “enjoy” Greene ‘s style, but his novels seem to strike at the heart of human nature. How does a modern man, in this case a priest of mediocre talents who is addicted to alcohol, react to a brutal state that seeks to use him as a symbolic sacrifice? In rural Mexico, the state government has outlawed religion, destroyed churches and executed or exiled priests. One priest, a modest one and an alcoholic to boot, still scurries around the province a few steps ahead of the Red Shir
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One of his Catholic novels, but not my favorite. I think this one is over rated.
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