The Green Mile - Stephen King

Written by Stephen King
Read by Frank Muller
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The Green Mile tells the story of Paul Edgecombe, a prison guard at Cold Mountain Penitentiary. In the present day, Paul is an old man living in the Georgia Pines nursing home. At the end of his life, he feels compelled to tell the story of an inmate named John Coffey. Coffey was the only inmate to ever make Paul question the nature of his job. The majority of the novel takes place in 1932, within the context of the South during the Great Depression.

Paul works as the superintendent of E Block, the section of the prison designated for prisoners on death row. At the time, executions were administered by the electric chair. Paul and the other guards on E Block take their job very seriously, understanding that condemned prisoners are under great psychological strain as they await death. The one guard who fails to understand this is Percy Wetmore. Percy only got the job because his uncle is the governor. Percy is sadistic, incompetent, and universally hated by guards and inmates.

Coffey is a towering Black man who was convicted of raping and murdering two white girls, the Detterick twins. He was found crying and holding their dead bodies, and was quickly convicted and sentenced to death. From the moment Coffey comes to the prison, Paul feels there is something mysterious about him. Despite his size, Coffey is childlike and constantly weeping in his cell. Delacroix is another prisoner on E Block. He’s a mild-mannered Frenchman with a pet mouse named Mr. Jingles. Percy has an inexplicable hatred for Delacroix and bullies him constantly. The last prisoner to come to E Block at this time is William Wharton. Wharton is young, out of control, and proud of it. He creates untold chaos from the moment he enters E Block, most notably trying to kill one of the guards.