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TheGreenMile.Thosewhowalkitdonotreturn--becauseattheendofthatwalk,attheColdMountainpenitentiary,istheroominwhichsitstheelectricchair.Itis1932.ThenewestinhabitantofDeathRowisagiantblackman,JohnCoffey,convicted--apparentlyonhisownadmission--ofthesenselessandbrutalmurderoftwolittlegirls.Executingamanisnevereasy,butatfirstsighttakingsociety'srevengeonCoffeyisoneoftheeasierjobschiefguardPaulEdgecombeandhisfellowwardershavehadtodo.ButnothingisasitseemswithJohnCoffey,andaroundhimunfoldsastorybothbizarreandhorrifying.Whetherheisanevilmurdereroraholyinnocent,Coffeyhasstrangepowers,whichmayyetoffersalvationtoothers,eveniftheycandonothingtosavehim.THEGREENMILEisperhapsthefinestnovelyetbyoneoftheworld'sgreateststorytellers,byturnswarmlyhumanandshatteringlyhorrific,andunputdownablefromfirstpagetolast.