The Green Mile: The Complete Serial Novel
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| Rating | : | 4.14 (992 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0671047256 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 161 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-02-01 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Here this history-making serial novel -- from cliffhanger to cliffhanger -- in its entirety. 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. Welcome to Cold Mountain Penitentiary, home to the Depression-worn men of E Block. Prison guard Paul Edgecombe has seen his share of oddities in his years working the Mile. 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. Convicted killers all, each awaits his turn to walk the Green Mile, keeping a date with "Old Sparky," Cold Mountain's electric chair. In this place of ultimate retribution, Edgecombe is about
Wonderful Story Wonderful story. Liked every minute of it. Recently watched the movie and liked it all over again. Stephen King keeps proving that he writes more than horror stories. Greatly admire his work. I'm 80 years old and hope to be around when Mr. King writes his next ten books!!. Great easy reading If you've seen the movie, you'll see that the book pretty much matches the storyline you had enjoyed on the big screen, but it's one of these reads that still has you captivated, because it's almost like encountering a different version of the story: almost identical, but different in enough ways to be a completely new adventure. For instance, you'll see that many of the lines that fell to Tom Hanks in the movie version are equitably dispersed amongst the supportin. Love both book and movie Watched the movielove the bookbook goes into more detail
Maybe it's a little too cute (there's a smart prison mouse named Mr. Jingles), maybe the pathos is laid on a little thick, but it's hard to resist the colorful personalities and simple wonders of this supernatural tale. --Fiona Webster. And it turned out to be of his finest yarns, tapping into what he does best: character-driven storytelling. The setting is the small "death house" of a Southern prison in 1932. And it's not a bad choice for giving to someone who doesn't understand the appeal of Stephen King, because the one scene that is out-and-out gruesome (it involves "Old Sparky") can be easily skipped by the squeamish. The Green Mile won a 1997 Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel; and Tom Hanks stars in a film of the novel by Frank Darabont, the director of The Shawshank Redemption (from King's collection