num_pages: 544
description: Read this history-making serial novel -- from cliffhanger to cliffhanger -- in its entirety. When it first appeared, one volume per month, Stephen King's The Green Mile was an unprecedented publishing all six volumes ended up on the New York Times bestseller list -- 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 beliefs...and yours.
language: English
title: The Green Mile
titlecomplete: The Green Mile
characters: American Law Enforcement, Paul Edgecomb, John Coffey, Percy Wetmore, Brutus Howell
genres: Crime, Classics, Thriller, Supernatural, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Horror, Fantasy, Paranormal, Mystery
ratings_count: 307951
places: Louisiana
series: Stephen King Catalog Annual Journal & Calendar , The Green Mile
awards: awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Bram Stoker Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Audie Award
category: Fiction, Unabridged
publisher: Pocket