{"product_id":"the-green-mile-the-complete-serial-novel-hardcover","title":"The Green Mile: The Complete Serial Novel - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStephen King\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMasterfully told and as suspenseful as it is haunting, \u003ci\u003eThe Green Mile\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eis Stephen King's classic #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling dramatic serial novel and inspiration for the Oscar-nominated film starring Tom Hanks.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWelcome 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,\" the lime-colored linoleum corridor leading to a final meeting with Old Sparky, Cold Mountain's electric chair. Prison guard Paul Edgecombe has seen his share of oddities over the years working the Mile, but he's never seen anything 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. And in this place of ultimate retribution, Edgecombe is about to discover the terrible, wondrous truth about John Coffey--a truth that will challenge his most cherished beliefs...\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in the 1930s at the Cold Mountain Penitentiary's death-row facility, The Green Mile is the riveting and tragic story of John Coffey, a giant, preternaturally gentle inmate condemned to death for the rape and murder of twin nine-year-old girls. It is a story narrated years later by Paul Edgecomb, the ward superintendent compelled to help every prisoner spend his last days peacefully and every man walk the green mile to execution with his humanity intact.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdgecomb has sent seventy-eight inmates to their date with \"old sparky\", but he's never encountered one like Coffey -- a man who wants to die, yet has the power to heal. And in this place of ultimate retribution, Edgecomb discovers the terrible truth about Coffey's gift, a truth that challenges his most cherished beliefs -- and ours.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 1996 in six self-contained monthly installments, The Green Mile is an astonishingly rich and complex novel that delivers over and over again. Each individual volume became a huge success when first published, and all six were on the New York Times bestseller list simultaneously. Three years later, when Frank Darabont made The Green Mile into an award-winning movie starring Tom Hanks and Michael Clarke Duncan, the book returned to the bestseller list -- and stayed there for months.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd now -- with a new introduction by King's foreign agent Ralph Vicinanza, as well as the author's own foreword -- we have the first hardcover edition of this magnificent novel in which \"King surpasses our expectations, leaves us spellbound and hungry for the next twist of plot\" (The Boston Globe).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith illustrations and a new frontispiece for this edition by Mark Geyer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eStephen King is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes \u003ci\u003eIf It Bleeds\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Institute\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eElevation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Outsider\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSleeping Beauties\u003c\/i\u003e (cowritten with his son Owen King), and the Bill Hodges trilogy: \u003ci\u003eEnd of Watch\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFinders Keepers\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMr. Mercedes\u003c\/i\u003e (an Edgar Award winner for Best Novel and an AT\u0026amp;T Audience Network original television series). His novel \u003ci\u003e11\/22\/63\u003c\/i\u003e was named a top ten book of 2011 by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e and won the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize for Mystery\/Thriller. His epic works \u003ci\u003eThe Dark Tower\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIt\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePet Sematary\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDoctor Sleep\u003c\/i\u003e are the basis for major motion pictures, with \u003ci\u003eIt \u003c\/i\u003enow the highest grossing horror film of all time. He is the recipient of the 2018 PEN America Literary Service Award, the 2014 National Medal of Arts, and the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives in Bangor, Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.37 x 9.56 x 6.42 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 03, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44070894862470,"sku":"9780743210898","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0664\/3446\/5926\/files\/Vkfbts37Md9780743210898.webp?v=1781562214","url":"https:\/\/profixdiy.com\/products\/the-green-mile-the-complete-serial-novel-hardcover","provider":"ProFix Home Repair","version":"1.0","type":"link"}