Coffey on the Mile (Green Mile Part 6) [Library Binding]

Stephen King (Author)

Book Description

Series: Green Mile Part 6 | Publication Date: October 1999

This is the sixth volume of a serial novel by Stephen King, set on Death Row of a Southern American prison.

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Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

The Green Mile is creatively packaged as a six-part series of small paperbacks--serial fiction for a new age. The story, set during the Great Depression, tells of John Coffey, an African American convicted of rape and murder who awaits his death in a Southern prison. Coffey has strange powers, and the creepy characters in the prison have their own views of his gifts, and of God's. The mystery is enhanced by the succession of installments. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Review

Too often the novel ... radiates 1996, not 1932, or feels cadged from a James Cagney movie. -- The New York Times Book Review, Robert Polito --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Library Binding
• Publisher: Bt Bound (October 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0613095464
• ISBN-13: 978-0613095464
• Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 4.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,965,174 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply put...Wow, January 18, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Green Mile book 6: Coffey on the Mile: The Green Mile, part 6 (Paperback)

With this novel, King concludes the wonderful The Green Mile series, and he does this with mastery and excellence. The anguish of Coffey's fate will bring the reader to tears, and the fact that he is going to die for a crime he did not commit is truly heartbreaking. In addition, the destinies of all the other main characters will engross the reader.

The Green Mile is a book that has captivated this reader, and I couldn't wait to continue this fantastic series and discover the newest secrets and see how the story unfolded. What King has done here is indescribable, and it can only be hoped that the movie rendition can live up to the phenomenal The Green Mile.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good book., February 23, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Green Mile book 6: Coffey on the Mile: The Green Mile, part 6 (Paperback)

Coffey on the Mile is the last in a series of six books entitled "The Green Mile". The green mile spoken of refers to the "mile" an inmate has to walk before coming to the electric chair. In this particular book, the guards that keep an eye on Coffey have come to the conclusion that he did not kill the little girls he was accused of killing. The guards wanted to not see Coffey escape the prison because Coffey has a power that none of them have ever seen before and he uses this power to heal a friend of one of the guards. The guards conclude that this man could never hurt anyone and try to get him to leave but Coffey says that he doesn't want to leave. He would rather die then to live in a world with so much suffering

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The green Mile series=10, September 26, 1996

By A Customer

This review is from: Green Mile book 6: Coffey on the Mile: The Green Mile, part 6 (Paperback)

I thought that this series was the best of any thing King has ever done. I hope he will do more serises thrillers in the future. I was spellbound. I couldn't stop thinking about John Coffey. I think the books where magnifecent. I think he might be able to get a motion picture out of this one.