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In 1938 Graham Greene was commissioned to visit Mexico to discover the state of the country and its people in the aftermath of the brutal anti-clerical purges of President Calles. His journey took him through the tropical states of Chiapas and Tabasco, where all the churches had been destroyed or closed and the priests driven out or shot.

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An account of Greene's travels in 1930s Mexico after the anti-clerical purges which inspired The Power and the Glory.In 1938 Graham Greene was commissioned to visit Mexico to discover the state of the country and its people in the aftermath of the brutal anti-clerical purges of President Calles. His journey took him through the tropical states of Chiapas and Tabasco, where all the churches had been destroyed or closed and the priests driven out or shot. The experiences were the inspiration for his acclaimed novel, The Power and the Glory.

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'The Lawless Roads , a masterpiece, embraces the spiritual and political conflict of the twentieth century, the cruelty of social engineers, the corruption of politicians and the wan humanity of martyrs made heroic by grace' Independent In 1938 Graham Greene was commissioned to visit Mexico to discover the state of the country and its people in the aftermath of the brutal anti-clerical purges of President Calles. His journey took him through the tropical states of Chiapas and Tabasco, where all the churches had been destroyed or closed and the priests driven out or shot. The experiences were the inspiration for his acclaimed novel, The Power and the Glory . See also: The Power and the Glory

Author Biography

Graham Greene was born in 1904. He worked as a journalist and critic, and in 1940 became literary editor of the Spectator. He was later employed by the Foreign Office. As well as his many novels, Graham Greene wrote several collections of short stories, four travel books, six plays, three books of autobiography, two of biography and four books for children. He also wrote hundreds of essays, and film and book reviews. Graham Greene was a member of the Order of Merit and a Companion of Honour. He died in April 1991.

Review

Journey Without Maps and The Lawless Roads reveal Greene's ravening spiritual hunger, a desperate need to touch rock bottom within the self and in the humanly created world * Times Higher Education Supplement *Greene's originality lay in his gifts as a traveller. He had the foreign ear and eye for the strangeness of ordinary life and its ordinary crises * Guardian *Infuses the geography of distant places with an intense understanding of individual human destiny at play under startling and oppressive social conditions * Newsday *The Lawless Roads, a masterpiece, embraces the spiritual and political conflict of the twentieth century, the cruelty of social engineers, the corruption of politicians and the wan humanity of martyrs made heroic by grace * Independent *Greene's work is a crucial link between the two most dynamic cultures of the present day, the Hispanic and the Anglo-American * Observer *

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An account of Greene's travels in 1930's Mexico after the anti-clerical purges which inspired The Power and the Glory

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Journey Without Maps and The Lawless Roads reveal Greene's ravening spiritual hunger, a desperate need to touch rock bottom within the self and in the humanly created world

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"Journey Without MapsandThe Lawless Roadsreveal Greene's ravening spiritual hunger, a desperate need to touch rock bottom both within the self and in the humanly created world." Times Higher Education Supplement

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An account of Greene's travels in 1930s Mexico after the anti-clerical purges which inspired The Power and the Glory.

Details ISBN0099286246 Author Graham Greene Series Vintage classics Year 2002 ISBN-10 0099286246 ISBN-13 9780099286240 Format Paperback Publication Date 2002-02-07 Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 917.204825 Illustrations map Death 1991 Media Book Publisher Vintage Publishing Pages 240 Imprint Vintage Classics DOI 10.1604/9780099286240 UK Release Date 2002-02-07 AU Release Date 2002-02-07 NZ Release Date 2002-02-07 Narrator Jesse Vilinsky Birth 19710116 Affiliation Research Scholar, Amal Jyothi Centre for Nanoscience and Technology, Kerala, India Position UN Under-Secretary General and Rector Qualifications M.D. Alternative 9781409020516 Audience General We've got this

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