About This Book
One of Greene’s most powerful novels, the book takes as its theme the era of religious suppression in Mexico during the early 1930’s. An unnamed Catholic priest, an alcoholic with a shameful past in search of either oblivion or redemption, travels through Mexico administering the rites of the church to the poor landless peasants, hunted by a remorseless police officer and always in fear of being betrayed by those he is attempting to help.
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Sign InThe Swinging Light
First Published
1940
Pages
254 pages
Rating
4.3 / 5
Ratings
11
Editions
130
Publisher
WILLIAM HEINEMANN
Language
UND, POL, DAN
Status
Published
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