The Green Mile (Penguin audiobooks) (The green mile)

by Stephen King

Truth time is approaching at Cold Mountain Penitentiary. Paul Edgecombe is taking a huge gamble, one where the stakes are high and the consequences deadly. He and his fellow guards take convicted killer John Coffey away from Death Row in the dead of night and bring him to the bedside of a woman weighing in torment. It is there they will find out once and for all if this mountain of a man is a miracle worker of a monster…
—back cover

• ISBN10: 0451190564
• ISBN13: 9780451190567
• Publish Date: 25 July 1996 (first published 1 January 1996)
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 19 August 2009
• Publish Country: AU
• Publisher: Penguin Books Australia
• Imprint: Signet
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 90
• Language: English

Reviews

[wcs53]

I've had the set of six novellas that make up The Green Mile on my shelf for a long time. Recently I saw a number of post on Instagram about it and thought it was about time I gave it a go. I don't think I'll read them all at once, but I'll definitely get through them all eventually.

This one seemed to be a good set-up for what is to come. I saw the movie quite a while ago and don't remember too much about it, which might be a good thing. There's certainly a darkness to it, but it is Stephen King after all. I can't help picturing Tom Hanks as I read the story, narrated by the character he played in the movie. I think I'm going to enjoy this one.

[Terri M. LeBlanc]

One of the only Stephen King books I can claim to have read. The book and movie are phenomenal.