Product Description

At Cold Mountain Penitentiary, along the lonely stretch of cells known as the Green Mile, killers await death, whilst their guards watch over them. Good or evil, innocent or guilty, none of them have ever seen the likes of brutal new prisoner John Coffey, seemingly a devil in human form.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #13059 in Books
• Published on: 1999-09-02
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 480 pages

Amazon.co.uk Review
This novel (now complete in one volume) taps into what Stephen King does best: character-driven storytelling. The setting is the small "death house" of a Southern prison in 1932. The charming narrator is an old man looking back on the events, decades later. Maybe it's a little too cute, maybe the pathos is laid on a little thick, but it's hard to resist the colourful personalities and simple wonders of this supernatural tale. As Time magazine put it, "Like the best popular art, The Green Mile has the courage of its cornier convictions ... the palpable sense of King's sheer, unwavering belief in his tale is what makes the novel work as well as it finally does". 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 can be easily skipped by the squeamish. The Green Mile was nominated for a 1997 Bram Stoker Award. --Amazon.com

Entertainment Weekly
‘King's best in years'

Synopsis
At Cold Mountain Penitentiary, along the lonely stretch of cells known as the Green Mile, killers await death, whilst their guards watch over them. Good or evil, innocent or guilty, none of them have ever seen the likes of brutal new prisoner John Coffey, seemingly a devil in human form.

Customer Reviews

utterly amazing, different read - highly recommended
wow. i can't recommend this book enough
touching and memorable -
written with such skill and creativity -
heartfelt and full of beauty and tragedy.
it is of course the story of a group of prisoners and guards waiting or working on 'the Green Mile' a version of death row and the adventures and feelings they experience.
it is an amazing novel - collected together as a single volume it is wholly satisfying and an amazing read.
Stephen King has had a lot of hits and misses in his career but this is one of the very best he ever wrote. less horror, more supernatural, less gore, more heart.
anyways, wholly recommended - a study in amazing writing, a heartfelt story of tragedy and beauty and a very different satisfying jaunt with some very memorable characters.
10/10

Masterpiece
I don't think I can fault this book, I really don't see how as I found it moving and compelling throughout. The characters were fabulous from the prison guards to the inmates to the other supporting cast, Percy is one of King's greatest creations and beats the hell out of his other evil supernatural (etc) villains on the 'love to hate factor'.

The story was wonderful and deeply mooving. I have seen the film and so guessed what to expect but I found the book moved me much more than the film did (which was equally as good). Although some of King's foray from the horror genre doesn't work in my opinion, The Green Mile certainly did work and so much so I believe it to be one of the finest pieces of writing I have ever read.

It took me a day to read and a day well spent it was.
Truly amazing 5/5

CLASSIC!
hard to put this book down - you just have to get this no matter if you like King or not