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Book Review of The Green Mile

The Green Mile
The Green Mile
Author: Stephen King
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Horror
Book Type: Paperback
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Welcome to Cold Mountain Penitentiary the worn men of block E. Convicted killers all waits his turn to walk the Green Mile, keep a date with "Old Sparky" Cold Mountain's electric chair. Prison guard Paul has seen oddities in his years working the Mile. He has never seen anyone like John Coffey, man with body of a giant but the mind of a child, condemned for a crime terrifying in its violence and shocking it its depravity. Paul is about to discover the terrible, wonderous truth about coffey, a truth that will challenge his most cherished beliefs.