The story of the whiskey priest who is imperfect as the rest of us but trying to be a priest and live with some dignity while being hunted by a socailist government.
At school this was held up as a sign that the 'church' will always survive despite being populated by imperfect humans. On this re-read I found the policeman charged with hunting the priest down to his death have a better understanding of faith than the priest.
This is a fantastic book and I dear say you could read it a dozen times and draw a dozen different conclusion.
Greene or Waugh, Waugh or Greene I will never be able to decide who is the best , so I'll just keep reading and re-reading
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