The Green Mile - by Stephen King (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Now available for the first time in a complete hardcover edition is Stephen King's 1996 innovative six-installment serial novel. This edition contains a forward by Stephen King that previously appeared only in the first volume. It also includes the six illustrations that accompanied the original installments, plus a new frontispiece, which will represent the novel in its entirety.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>The #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling dramatic serial novel and inspiration for the Oscar-nominated film of the same name starring Tom Hanks, the "literary event" (<i>Entertainment Weekly</i>) of <i>The Green Mile</i> is now available in its entirety.</b> <p/>When <i>The Green Mile</i> first appeared, serialized as one volume per month, Stephen King's <i>The Green Mile</i> was an unprecedented publishing triumph: all six volumes ended up on the <i>New York Times</i> bestseller list--simultaneously--and delighted millions of fans the world over. <p/>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.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><i>The Boston Globe</i> King surpasses our expectations, leaves us spellbound and hungry for the next twist of plot.<br><br>Tom de Haven <i>Entertainment Weekly</i> King has written a Depression-era prison novel that's as hauntingly touching as it is just plain haunted...One of his freshest and most frightening works to date.<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Stephen King is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes <i>Billy Summers</i>, <i>If It Bleeds</i>, <i>The Institute</i>, <i>Elevation</i>, <i>T</i><i>he Outsider</i>, <i>Sleeping Beauties</i> (cowritten with his son Owen King), and the Bill Hodges trilogy: <i>End of Watch</i>, <i>Finders Keepers</i>, and <i>Mr. Mercedes</i> (an Edgar Award winner for Best Novel and a television series streaming on Peacock). His novel <i>11/22/63</i> was named a top ten book of 2011 by <i>The New York Times Book Review</i> and won the <i>Los Angeles Times</i> Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller. His epic works <i>The Dark Tower</i>, <i>It</i>, <i>Pet Sematary</i>, and <i>Doctor Sleep</i> are the basis for major motion pictures, with <i>It </i>now the highest-grossing horror film of all time. He is the recipient of the 2020 Audio Publishers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, 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.
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