Friday, May 20, 2011

THE POWER AND THE GLORY BY GRAHAM GREENE

In a poor, remote section of southern Mexico, the Red Shirts have taken control. God has been outlawed and the priests have been systematically hunted down and killed. Now, the last priest is on the run. Too human for heroism, too humble for martyrdom, the little worldly," whiskey priest" is nevertheless impelled toward his squalid Calvary as much by his own compassion for humanity as by the efforts of his pursuers.

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

ALL THE LITTLE LIVE THINGS by Wallace Stegner

This was a terrible book. It told the story of a couple suffering from the senseless death of their son and baffled by the engulfing chaos of the 1960's. They are especially troubled by Jim Peck, a messianic exponent of drugs, yoga and sex and Marian Catlin, an attractive young woman whose otherworldly innocence is very appealing and very dangerous.