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- 399 pages
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When it first appeared, one volume per month, Stephen King's THE GREEN MILE was an unprecedented publishing triumph: all six volumes ended up on the New York Times bestseller lists—simultaneously—and delighted millions of fans the world over. Welcome to Cold Mountain Penitentiary, home to the Depression-worn men of E Block. Convicted killers all, each awaits his turn to walk the Green Mile, keeping a date with "Old Sparky," Cold Mountain's electric chair. Prison guard Paul Edgecombe has seen his share of oddities in his years working the Mile. But he's never seen anyone like John Coffey, a man with the body of a giant and the mind of a child, condemned for a crime terrifying in its violence and shocking in its depravity. In this place of ultimate retribution, Edgecombe is about to discover the terrible, wondrous truth about Coffey, a truth that will challenge his most cherished beliefes... and yours.
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The Green Mile, Stephen King
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- Released
- 2000
- Binding
- (Hardcover)
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- Title
- The Green Mile
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Stephen King
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Released
- 2000
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 399
- ISBN10
- 0743210891
- ISBN13
- 9780743210898
- Series
- The Green Mile
- Tags
- Suspense, USA, Murders, American Literature, Supernatural Phenomena, Adapted for Film, Prison, Mice, Death Penalty, Supernatural Abilities, Executions, Innocence
- First published
- 1996
- Original title
- The Green Mile
- Rating
- 4.75 out of 5
- Description
- When it first appeared, one volume per month, Stephen King's THE GREEN MILE was an unprecedented publishing triumph: all six volumes ended up on the New York Times bestseller lists—simultaneously—and delighted millions of fans the world over. Welcome to Cold Mountain Penitentiary, home to the Depression-worn men of E Block. Convicted killers all, each awaits his turn to walk the Green Mile, keeping a date with "Old Sparky," Cold Mountain's electric chair. Prison guard Paul Edgecombe has seen his share of oddities in his years working the Mile. But he's never seen anyone like John Coffey, a man with the body of a giant and the mind of a child, condemned for a crime terrifying in its violence and shocking in its depravity. In this place of ultimate retribution, Edgecombe is about to discover the terrible, wondrous truth about Coffey, a truth that will challenge his most cherished beliefes... and yours.