| Description |
221 pages ; 18cm |
| Series |
Penguin books ; 1791 |
| Summary |
Set in Mexico during the era of anticlerical violence by revolutionaries, the story depicts the martyrdom of the last Roman Catholic priest, who is being hunted by a police lieutenant. The "whisky priest" is a degraded alcoholic who has broken most of his vows but who nevertheless insists upon performing his duties until the very end, when he is finally captured and executed |
| Analysis |
Mexico Fiction |
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Priests Fiction |
| Notes |
Originally published, Heinemann, 1940 |
| Subject |
Anti-clericalism -- Fiction.
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Catholics -- Fiction.
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Clergy -- Fiction.
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English fiction.
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Priests -- Fiction.
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| SUBJECT |
Mexico -- Fiction.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100302
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction.
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| ISBN |
0140017917 (paperback) |
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