Book Tuesday: The Green Mile by Stephen King

This is the story of Paul Edgecombe an old man who used work as cell block supervisor at the Cold Mountain death row, nicknamed "The Green Mile". The story switches between 1996 and 1932 the year of the arrival of  John Coffey.

John Coffey is 6'8" very big black man. He was convicted of raping and murdering two small white girls. Paul Edgecombe recalls the events leading to the execution of John Coffey and all the peculiar things that occur at the mile while John Coffey is its resident. Amongst these events is the fact that Paul has a urinary infection and is cured by John Coffey. There is also a mouse that appears out of nowhere and there is also the last the most shocking even when one of the guard Percy Wetmore goes insane and shoots one other other residents of the mile.

The Green Mile is a story that explores the meaning of the life and death, the connection between the two.