The Green Mile · Book 4
The Bad Death of Eduard Delacroix
- Published
- 1 June 1996
- Pages
- 96
- ISBN-13
- 9780451190550
- Type
- novella
About this book
The Bad Death of Eduard Delacroix, published in June 1996, is the fourth installment of The Green Mile serial, continuing Paul Edgecombe's account of death row as John Coffey's healing gift -- and its price -- become clearer.
Its place in The Green Mile
The Bad Death of Eduard Delacroix is book 4 in the The Green Mile series. It follows Coffey's Hands. It is followed by Night Journey. See the full The Green Mile reading order.
Paul Edgecombe, head guard on E Block -- the death-row wing nicknamed 'the Green Mile' for its sickly-green linoleum -- narrates the arrival of John Coffey, a giant, gentle Black man convicted of murdering two young girls. Coffey turns out to possess a miraculous healing gift, and as Edgecombe and his fellow guards come to know him, the certainty of his guilt begins to crack even as his execution date approaches. Stephen King wrote The Green Mile as a serialized novel in the tradition of Charles Dickens…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780451190550