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The Green Mile: The Complete Six Part Novel Paperback – September 1, 1996
- Print length592 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherNew Amer Library
- Publication dateSeptember 1, 1996
- Dimensions4.25 x 2 x 7.5 inches
- ISBN-100451933028
- ISBN-13978-0451933027
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- Publisher : New Amer Library; First Edition (September 1, 1996)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 592 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0451933028
- ISBN-13 : 978-0451933027
- Item Weight : 8 ounces
- Dimensions : 4.25 x 2 x 7.5 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #855,023 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #244 in American Horror
- #25,768 in Paranormal & Urban Fantasy (Books)
- #40,169 in Suspense Thrillers
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About the author
Stephen King is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes the short story collection YOU LIKE IT DARKER, HOLLY (a New York Times Notable Book of 2023), FAIRY TALE, BILLY SUMMERS, IF 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, and MR. MERCEDES (an Edgar Award winner for Best Novel and a television series streaming on Peacock). His novel 11/22/63 was named a top ten book of 2011 by The New York Times Book Review and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller. His epic works THE DARK TOWER, IT, PET SEMATARY, DOCTOR SLEEP, and FIRESTARTER are the basis for major motion pictures, with IT now the highest-grossing horror film of all time. He is the recipient of 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 Bangor, Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.
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- Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2024Arrived Quick and in Great condition
- Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2022Great condition on a great book. Thanks!
- Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 1998I can sum this series up simply. This is the best thing Stephen King has ever written. It is portrayed in a way that draws you into the story, and projects the images into your mind. If they ever make this into a movie, there will be no way they could ever do credit to it. It is powerful, and written in such a way to be believable. King is the master of metaphor and the duke of descriptiveness. This series will consume you, and you will want to read it again, and again, and again...
- Reviewed in the United States on October 6, 2015Superb As Always, I enjoied the movie and the book was nowhere diminished by the movie. Get the book you will find a few surprises are still waiting to be discovered in this story.
- Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2019Good read..
- Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2023The Green Mile is a fictional first-hand account by Paul Edgecomb, the supervisor of Death Row at Cold Mountain Penitentiary during 1932. The story is told on two timelines, one where Paul is a very old inhabitant of the institutional styled Georgia Pines old age home and is writing the story, and the other is set in 1932 when Paul is experiencing the events he is writing about.
In 1932, the death sentence was carried out using an electric chair. In the story, the corridor through the E Block to the area where the executions are undertaken is called the ‘green mile’ because of the green linoleum on the floor. The electric chair is referred to as ‘Old Sparky’.
Paul has been a prison warden for many years and has some good men and friends, who work with him on E Block. At the time of the story, he has also been saddled with an employee called Percy Whetmore, who is the nephew of the Governor of Louisiana’s wife. Percy is a sadistic and spoiled young man from the wealthy classes who takes pleasure in antagonising the prisoners. This is completely contrary to Paul and the other prison warden’s policy of keeping the prisoners calm and as comfortable during the periods running up to their executions.
During the period of Paul’s story, there are three residents in E Block.
Eduard "Del" Delacroix arrives first. He is a Cajun who has been convicted of raping and murdering a young girl and then setting her body on fire to destroy the evidence. The fire got out of control and six people, including two children, burned to death. Del is a small man and rather pathetic. He has repented his crime but a compelling factor to that is his fear of death. Percy bullies Del right from his arrival on Block E and enjoys tormenting him. Del acquires a pet mouse soon after his arrival which he calls Mr Jingles. The mouse is intelligent and Del trains him to perform various tricks. Despite his guilt and heinous crime, Paul and his colleagues become friendly with Del and are sympathetic to his fear of death.
Next to arrive is a huge black man called John Coffey. John is simple-minded and gentle man whose demeanour is a puzzle to Paul and the other wardens as he has been condemned to die for the rape and murder of two nine-year old twins. Paul sets out to discover the circumstances of John’s and cannot reconcile the empathetic man he’s met on E Block with the cruel killer described by the newspapers and the court. As time passes, Paul discovers that John has abilities that enable him to heal people, even those who are on the brink of death, and can feel the suffering of other people. Paul also learns something terrible about John Coffey’s conviction.
Although I knew when I read the scenes about John Coffey’s arrest that he wasn’t guilty of murder, the unravelling of John’s history and his incredible gift was completely fascinating.
The third prisoner to arrive is William Wharton who calls himself Billy the Kid. The wardens call him Wild Bill. Wharton is a convicted multiple murderer with no conscience and who takes great pleasure in acts of violence.
The interactions between Paul, the prisoners themselves, and the various wardens sets in motion a series of events that will change Paul’s life forever.
This is a very compelling story that centres around the themes of death, prejudice and doing the right thing even in difficult circumstances. It really is heart breaking at the end, but it is an excellent story that exposes a lot of the social injustices of the time and certainly makes a case for doing away with the death penalty.
- Reviewed in the United States on July 8, 2018Pretty much as described, except not screen saver.
- Reviewed in the United States on July 27, 2006i am not going to say much about the story, but, to lay the groundwork........i am at 32 years of age i haven't read a novel in over 10 years. well that being said, i got back into reading books about 5 months ago and have been reading feverishly.......sadly, mostly recent best sellers and such, i.e. "da vinci code",.............
so when i was looking for something new at the store i passed by king's section and saw the "talisman", which i read in 8th grad (remember i am now 32), so i thought, maybe i should read that again since it's been so long.......
then i thought about other horror guys.......koontz......barker.....
then my eye caught the green mile, i never saw the movie, which i kicked myself for, so i thought what a great opportunity, read the book first!!!!!!!!!
well, well.............this was the best thing i ever picked up, not only did it remind me of why reading was so good for the mind and soul, but it really made a difference in my life. this is the sort of book that needs to be read in a 9th grade english class.....then every student writes a report on it, then everyone is rewarded with watching the movie over the course of the week.
thank you stephen king, thank you for making me remember how good a book can be, to read, to talk about, and to think about, then, look at your own life.
bravo