This 3 sentence summary provides the essential information from the document: The document discusses the novel "The Power and the Glory" by Graham Greene, which is set in the Mexican state of Tabasco and follows a whiskey priest and lieutenant Tomás Garrido Canabal who is searching for the priest known as Padre José, as he tries to help a mestizo woman named Maria and her daughter Brigitta escape from the town of Carmen, while being pursued by Mr. Tench and others who refer to the priest as "Gringo".