The Green Mile (a No. 1 Bestselling Classic)

By (author) Stephen King
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''THE GREEN MILE has everybody talking ... as haunting and touching as it is just plain haunted'' ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
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The wide corridor up the centre of E Block was floored with linoleum the colour of tired old limes, and so what was the Last Mile at other prisons was called the Green Mile at Cold Mountain.

Prison guard Paul Edgecombe has seen his share of oddities over the years working the Mile, but he''s never met anyone like John Coffey - a man condemned to death 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 . . .

Evil murderer or holy innocent - whichever he is - Coffey has strange powers which may yet offer salvation to others, even if they can do nothing to save him.

Biographical note:

STEPHEN KING is the author of more than seventy books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent titles include You Like It Darker, Never Flinch, and Holly, all number one Sunday Times bestsellers.

Many of his titles are the basis for major motion pictures including The Green Mile, Stand By Me (adapted from The Body) and The Shawshank Redemption, which is IMDb''s top-rated movie of all time.

King is the recipient of The Sunday Times Award for Literary Excellence 2022, the 2020 Audio Publishers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, 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 Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.

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The Green Mile has become a publishing sensation - Time

Manages to sustain notes of visceral wonder and indelible horror - The New York Times

King surpasses our expectations, leaves us spellbound and hungry for the next twist of plot - The Boston Globe

One of King''s most immediately engaging pageturners - USA Today