The green mile
Subtitle: the complete serial novel
By: Stephen King.
Contributors: Geyer, Mark. ill.
Edition: 1st Pocket Books printing (7); Movie tie-in
Publisher: Pocket Books
Published: 1999-03
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: paperback
Number of pages: 536
ISBN-13: 9780671041786
Copyright date: 1999
Subjects: Death row inmates -- United States -- Fiction; Prisons -- United States -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
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.
--back cover
Notes: "Illustrations, Mark Geyer."--T.p. verso.