Other editions of book The Green Mile: The Complete Serial Novel

Stephen King's international bestselling and highly acclaimed novel, also a hugely successful film starring Tom HanksThe Green Mile: those who walk it do not return, because at the end of that walk is the room in which sits Cold Mountain penitentiary's electric chair. In 1932 the newest resident on death row is John Coffey, a giant black man convicted of the brutal murder of two little girls. But nothing is as it seems with John Coffey, and around him unfolds a bizarre and horrifying story. 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.

Hardcover: 464 pages Publisher: Orion; New Ed edition (November 16, 2000) Language: English ISBN-10: 0752841238 ISBN-13: 978-0752841236 Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 1.9 inches Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1,051 customer reviews) Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,102,337 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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 triumph: 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.