Synopsis
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.