The Night Journey (The Green Mile, Part 5) [Paperback]

Stephen King (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 1996

Paul Edgecombe and his fellow guards take a huge gamble by taking convicted killer John Coffey away from Death Row in the dead of night to bring him to the bedside of a woman writhing in torment.

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Signet; 1st edition (July 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0451190564
• ISBN-13: 978-0451190567
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,375,362 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Class Act Narration, March 20, 2003

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Bruce Kendall "BEK" (Southern Pines, NC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Green Mile audio 5: The Night Journey: The Green Mile, part 5 (Vol 5) (Audio Cassette)

I've encountered this work in three different media: book, movie and audio tape. All three are excellent, but my favorite is the audio version, due to Frank Muller's excellence as narrator and story teller. He and George Guidall are the best in the business. Unfortunately Muller was involved in an automobile accident some time ago and is now incapacitated to the point he can no longer work.

The audiobook is an abridgement, true, and I normally don't go in for such, yet the editors did a good job here in winnowing down the text and leaving all the important elements of the book. I notice that there is now an unabridged version, recorded by the same narrator.

The Green Mile is one of King's better efforts and deeper textually than his Shawshank Redemption (his other well-known prison tale). He really excells here in terms of characterization, which can be on the thin side (no Thinner pun intended) in some of his novels.

What really makes this audio experience special, though, is Muller. It's doubtful that he will be able to return to recording, which is a real shame. The Green Mile is one of the finest testaments to this great reader. Another recommendation I would urge upon listeners is his rendition of Cormac McCarthy's classic, All the Pretty Horses.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Stephen King is still the best., August 30, 1996

By A Customer

This review is from: The Night Journey (The Green Mile, Part 5) (Paperback)

As you read this series, you become involved yourself. You love the people Paul loves, as well as hate the ones he hates. You are right there as he and his friends risk their jobs to save a dear friends life by taking an inmate with incredible healing powers out of the Green Mile in the middle of the night. You wonder how John Coffey knew he was going on a ride that night, and how he can heal like he can. You are hoping that when they reach their destination, that he can heal Melinda and that they can pull this off. I could not wait from the very beginning of this series for the next book, and when I complete #6, I will be very sorry to see it end. As only Stephen King can, he guides your imagination into places you did not know existed.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Stephen King does it again., September 9, 1996

By A Customer

This review is from: The Night Journey (The Green Mile, Part 5) (Paperback)

Once again Stephen King took me into his world and, as always, I loved it. I, personally, prefer to have the entire book at once rather than in installments. I don't have a problem reading the end of the story only when I get to the end of the book. Waiting a month for each installment was very difficult for me, so I waited until I had all the books before I read them. Mr. King makes it so easy to see each of his characters and, also, to form the opinion of them that he wants you to form. Do yourself a favor and walk the Green Mile