THE GREEN MILE

King surpasses our expectations, leaves us spellbound and hungry for the next twist of plot.

     --Boston Globe

One of King's most immediately engaging pageturners.

     --USA Today

Mr. King now dominates like Carrie at the prom.

     --The New York Times

 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.