the green mile     stephan king When it first appeared one volume per month Stephen Kings THE GREEN MILE was an unprecedented publishing triumph all six volumes ended up on the New York Times bestseller listssimultaneouslyand delighted millions of fans the world over Welcome to Cold Mountain Penitentiary home to the Depressionworn men of E Block Convicted killers all each awaits his turn to walk the Green Mile keeping a date with Old Sparky Cold Mountains electric chair Prison guard Paul Edgecombe has seen his share of oddities in his years working the Mile But hes 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