Graham Greene · 1940 · exile

Graham Greene's 1940 novel. In a Mexican state that has outlawed the Church and shoots its priests, a flawed 'whisky priest' flees the authorities through the jungles and villages of Tabasco and Chiapas - from Frontera toward the border - torn between fear and faith, hunted by a zealous lieutenant, toward a martyrdom he feels unworthy to receive.

1. 1
   Frontera

   The Grijalva port where the dentist Mr Tench lives; meaning to board a ship for Veracruz, the priest turns back to tend a dying woman and misses his one escape.

2. 2
   Concepcion

   The priest's old parish, home to his lover Maria and their daughter Brigitta; he says a dawn mass just as the police ride in, and a villager is later taken hostage and shot.

3. 3
   Las Casas

   Across the border in Chiapas, where the Church is tolerated, the priest shelters with the Lehrs and plans to reach San Cristobal and safety.

4. 4
   Tabasco-Chiapas Border

   Lured back over the border by the mestizo to confess a dying American outlaw, the priest walks knowingly into a trap and is taken by the lieutenant.

5. 5
   Villahermosa

   The state capital and seat of the police, where the priest is carried back, refused a last confession, and shot against the wall.