The Green Mile: The Complete Serial Novel
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| Rating | : | 4.38 (582 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0671047256 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 290 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-07-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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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. When Stephen King originally wrote The Green Mile as a series of six novellas, he didn't even know how the story would turn out. --Fiona Webster. The charming narrator is an old man, a prison guard, looking back on the events decades later. 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. The s
"Wonderful Story" according to daisymae. 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" according to Tice. 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. Love both book and movie Margaret Shuffstall Watched the movielove the bookbook goes into more detail
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 beliefsand yours.. Convicted killers all, each awaits his turn to walk the Green Mile, keeping a date with "Old Sparky," Cold Mountain's electric chair. Welcome to Cold Mountain Penitentiary, home to the Depression-worn men of E Block. 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. 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. Prison guard Paul Edgecombe has seen his share of oddities in his years working the Mile. Here this history-making serial novel -- from cliffhanger to cliffhanger -- in its entirety