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I received this today in boxes of books from pjlareau in MN ... for the cost of postage. Thank you so much for spreading the joy of reading with me!!! You are the GREATEST bookcrosser!!

c. 1996 -- 536 pages -- Paperback -- #1 NY Times Bestseller -- Now a major motion picture from Castle Rock Entertainment, starring Tom Hanks! -- The Complete book of the 6-part series -- 8 weeks on the USA Today top-10 Bestseller list (each part was higher on the Bestseller list as it came out individually):
#8 on 1/2/00
#9 on 12/12/99, 1/9/00 and 1/16
#10 on 11/28/99, 12/5, 12/19 and 1/23/00

Back Cover: Read this history-making serial novel -- from cliffhanger to cliffhanger -- in its entirety. When it first appeared, one volume per month, Stephen King's The Green Mile was an unprecedented publishing triumph: all 6 volumes ended up on the NY Times bestseller list -- simultaneously -- and delighted millions of fans the world over.

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.

AUTHOR: Stephen King
TITLE: The Green Mile
DATE READ: 10/13/21
TIME/PLACE: 10:40am, in library of new house (Antioch, IL)
RATING: 8/10
FIRST SENTENCE: This happened in 1932, when the state penitentiary was still at Cold Mountain.
GENRE: Horror, Serial, Magical Realism, Dark fantasy, Fantasy, Southern Gothic, Fantastic
PUB DATE/PUBLISHER: 8/29/96 Pocket Books
TYPE: Paperback, Libby app
# OF PAGES: 536 pages
SERIES/STAND-ALONE: Stand-Alone compiled 6-part serial #1 The Two Dead Girls #2 The Mouse on the Mile #3 Coffey's Hands #4 The Bad Death of Edward Delacroix #5 Night Journey #6 Coffey on the Mile
CHALLENGE: none
LIST READ: USA Today Bestseller; #96 BC 2008 Favorites list; #146 on BBC's Top 200 Books; book/movie combo; GoodReads Best Books Ever; 1000 Books You May Have Actually Read
CHARACTERS: John Coffey, Paul Edgecomb, Percy Wetmore, Brutus Howell
LOCATION: Louisiana
TIME PERIOD: 1932
COMMENTS: I wish I had read this before seeing the movie. It didn't seem to fit the genres when I already knew what happens.

Released in our Sunset Little Free Library today.

UPDATE 5/12/22: NO LONGER IN LIBRARY.

Released in this Little Free Library.