The Green Mile: The Complete Serial Novel

The Green Mile: The Complete Serial Novel

Masterfully told and as suspenseful as it is haunting, The Green Mile is Stephen King?s classic #1 New York Times bestselling dramatic serial novel and inspiration for the Oscar-nominated film starring Tom Hanks.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,? the lime-colored linoleum corridor leading to a final meeting with Old Sparky, Cold Mountain?s electric chair. Prison guard Paul Edgecombe has seen his share of oddities over the years working the Mile, but he?s never seen anything 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. And in this place of ultimate retribution, Edgecombe is about to discover the terrible, wondrous truth about John Coffey-a truth that will challenge his most cherished beliefs?Review"Boston Globe" King surpasses our expectations, leaves us spellbound and hungry for the next twist of plot."Entertainment Weekly [The Green Mile]" has everybody talking....[King's] best fiction in years....A prison novel that's as haunting and touching as it is just plain haunted."The New York Times" Mr. King now dominates like Carrie at the prom."USA Today" One of King's most immediately engaging page-turners."Entertainment Weekly" A literary event."Boston Globe"King surpasses our expectations, leaves us spellbound and hungry for the next twist of plot."Entertainment Weekly"A literary event."The New York Times"Mr. King now dominates like Carrie at the prom."USA Today"One of King's most immediately engaging page-turners."Entertainment Weekly[The Green Mile]" has everybody talking....[King's] best fiction in years....A prison novel that's as haunting and touching as it is just plain haunted.About the AuthorStephen King is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includesIf It Bleeds,The Institute,Elevation,The Outsider,Sleeping Beauties (cowritten with his son Owen King), and the Bill Hodges trilogy:End of Watch,Finders Keepers, andMr. Mercedes (an Edgar Award winner for Best Novel and an AT&T Audience Network original television series). His novel11/22/63 was named a top ten book of 2011 byThe New York Times Book Review and won theLos Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller. His epic worksThe Dark Tower,It,Pet Sematary, andDoctor Sleep are the basis for major motion pictures, withIt now the highest grossing horror film of all time. He is the recipient of the 2018 PEN America Literary Service Award, the 2014 National Medal of Arts, and the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives in Bangor, Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.