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.
Key facts about The Bad Death of Eduard Delacroix
Stephen King wrote The Bad Death of Eduard Delacroix, a novella on our list. It has been out since June 1996. The book has 96 pages.
We list 1 edition of this novella. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780451190550 to find the main one.
The Bad Death of Eduard Delacroix is book 4 of 6 in The Green Mile series. The series has 6 published books. However, the series starts with The Two Dead Girls (1996).
Additionally, Stephen King writes The Shining, The Dark Tower and The Talisman, plus 2 more series. Those series sit on our horror, epic fantasy and fantasy horror shelves. Meanwhile, Other Worlds Than These is the latest published Stephen King book on file, from 6 October 2026.
About Stephen King
Stephen King is one of the best-selling and most influential American novelists of the modern era, known primarily for horror but ranging freely across suspense, science fiction, and fantasy across a bibliography of more than sixty novels. See every Stephen King book in order.
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