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The Green Mile
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Key facts
- Author
- Stephen King
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Dark fantasy , Southern Gothic , magic realism
- Publisher
- Signet Books
- Publication date
- March 28 – August 29, 1996 (serial), May 5, 1997 (single)
- Publication place
- United States
- Media type
- Print ( paperback )
- Pages
- 400 pp
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- literary work
- Author
- Stephen King
- Genre
- fantasy
- Country of origin
- United States
- Publisher
- New American Library
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- publication date
- 1996-08-00
- language of work or name
- English language
- title
- The Green Mile
- derivative work
- The Green Mile
- form of creative work
- novel
- different from
- The Green Mile
- nominated for
- Locus Award for Best Horror Novel
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Encyclopedic overview
The Green Mile is a 1996 serial novel by American writer Stephen King. It tells the story of death row supervisor Paul Edgecombe's encounter with John Coffey, an unusual inmate who displays inexplicable healing and empathetic abilities. The serial novel was released in six volumes before being republished as a single-volume work. The book is an example of magical realism. The subsequent film adaptation was a critical and commercial success. The Green Mile won the Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel in 1996. In 1997, The Green Mile was nominated as Best Novel for the British Fantasy Award and the Locus Award. In 2003 the book was listed on the BBC's The Big Read poll of the UK's "best-loved novel".
Plot
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