The Power and the Glory Resources

A little biography of Graham Greene courtesy of the Guardian, with clear headings for your reading pleasure.

Of Time Magazine, which named The Power and the Glory one of the best all time novels. We say it's time for some reading. Hardy-har-har.

A page briefly describing how Graham Greene wrote and revised the manuscript. Complete with deleted scenes and other behind-the-scenes features. You don't even have to buy the Blu-ray.

A 1961 made-for-TV movie. The Shakespearean giant Olivier plays the priest. George C. Scott took the role of the lieutenant. Sir Ian McKellen plays the wizard. Oh wait—wrong movie.

No, not the Harrison Ford movie, although we like that too. The Fugitive was also the name of a 1947 movie based on The Power and the Glory. Henry Fonda played the priest. Sir Ian McKellen played the magnetic mutant. WAIT—wrong movie, again. Sorry guys.

Literary critic Joseph Pearce on the theme of doubt in Greene's works. Certainly worth reading, doubt or no doubt.

How does being a world-traveling, controversial novelist affect your standing in foreign countries? This 1971 interview in the Guardian has some fascinating tidbits. Did Greene cause international scandal? Read on to find out.

In this interview in the Paris Review, Greene talks about the fates of his characters in light of his Catholic imagination, whatever that means.

An early scene from the movie The Fugitive, based on Greene's The Power and the Glory. The filmmakers clearly took a few liberties.

Ian Walker from Penguin Classics talks briefly about Graham Greene's famous novel.

Scott Simon of NPR discusses the works of our author.

A BBC program episode on the mysterious man that was Mr. Greene.

The author in the springtime of his youth.

The author in his not so youth.

An image of the novel. Not too exciting on the outside, but open it up and…

Film poster for the movie by John Ford and with Henry Fonda, father of the Jane Fonda.