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In Mexico, a group known as the Red Shirts have taken over and now have control over the population. God has been outlawed, the Priests forced to conform to the Red Shirts new rules for them (such as marrying) or they are systematically hunted down and murdered. There is one priest left that hasn’t been caught yet. Known as the ‘whiskey priest’ he moves from tiny village to tiny village, seeking refuge briefly, hiding out to grab a few hours sleep, snatch a few bottles of wine, get a little bit of food before he moves on. They are coming for him, hunting him down and their frustration at not being able to catch him means that they are taking random people from villages they suspect to have concealed him and threatening to shoot them in order to draw him out. That’s a very short summary but this is a pretty short book. At 240p it’s a quick read but in typical Graham Greene fashion he’s managed to pack quite a lot into the story. It’s not just a battle between the whiskey priest and those assigned to hunt him down but it’s a personal mental battle against his demons for the whiskey priest as well. He has to fight his lack of faith and courage and overcome his instinct to just keep fleeing. Having read four Graham Greene books now, the theme of struggling with religious faith is becoming very familiar to me and it was no surprise to see it featured predominantly here. I read this for Shannon’s Around The World In 12 Books Challenge, August being Mexico. It’s set in the 1930s, a time when the Catholic Church was being heavily repressed. There’s poverty, hardship and disease the tiny villages struggling to provide for themselves. They are fearful but still devout – most agree to harbour the priest for a short amount of time in return for some tasks such as saying a Mass or baptizing children who have been unable to have this performed. There is a recurrent theme of bleakness and a real loss of hope in these characters and in the villages themselves that the priest passes through. He knows that he could have married, could have towed the line like Padre Jose, another priest, but he couldn’t bring himself to do that. He instead chose a life of danger, of being hunted, of questioning himself and his convictions, his religion, his past actions. He fathered a child some years ago, a child he sees for the first time in many years (possibly ever?) when he passes through that particular village. I have struggled with this review. I read this book close to two weeks ago actually and have been putting off the review ever since, just going onto the next book. I ran out of MWF posts and knew I had to churn this review out so that I could get stuck into the other 7 backlogged behind it and the words aren’t coming any easier now. I find it really hard to discuss this book and it’s not because I didn’t like it, it’s just that….the words aren’t there. It’s a typical Greene book, I’ve had this dilemma about a couple of his other books in that there are so many layers to peel back that it’s almost impossible to articulate for me, how I feel about it because I always have really intense feelings of ‘why am I reading this?’ combined with ‘I am so glad I read this’ which makes relatively little sense, even to myself. I always find that Graham Greene novels are not books I enjoy whilst I am reading them. The enjoyment tends to come after when I mull them over in my head and reflect on the fact that this slim little book contained so much more than I expected. Almost nothing happens in this book except one guy travelling a portion of Mexico, hiding out from another guy. But these two men are capable of deep thoughts, even respect for one another, despite the fact that one is trying to execute the other. It’s an interesting relationship, and I found the ‘whiskey priest’ difficult to like whilst I was reading the book because why did he not just leave Mexico already? but it wasn’t until after I finished the book that I had an appreciation for his search for redemption. He was a different person in the ‘before’. I also particularly liked this book’s ending – one thing seemed destined to happen from the start of the novel but then I felt that Greene added a nice twist that really capped off the book nicely. This book also caps off my participation in Carrie over at Books And Movies’ Graham Greene challenge! I signed up to read 3 books in 2012 and I’ve completed The End Of The Affair, The Heart Of The Matter and now The Power And The Glory. I admire Graham Greene and what he does….I just struggle with articulating how I feel about his books, themes and characters. It appears he’s my voodoo author.

2022-09-03 17:41