The Green Mile

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The Green Mile is a supernatural novel by Stephen King, set in a 1930s death row prison called Cold Mountain Penitentiary, narrated by former death-row supervisor Paul Edgecomb. John Coffey, an enormous, gentle black man convicted of murdering two young girls, is sent to the Green Mile, the lime-green linoleum corridor leading to the electric chair. The story explores themes of justice, racism, and redemption as Edgecomb discovers John Coffey's incredible healing powers, which lead him to question the condemned man's guilt and the nature of true good and evil.