Das Staatsgefangnis Cold Mountain im US-Staat Georgia, Anfang der dreisiger Jahre: Seit vielen Jahren leitet der umsichtige Oberaufseher Paul Edgecomb den beruchtigten Block E - den Todestrakt. Doch als ihm der hunenhafte schwarze Haftling John Coffey uberstellt wird, beschleichen Edgecomb zum ersten Mal Zweifel an seinem Job: Denn den verangstigten Riesen umweht eine geheimnisvolle Aura.
Über den Autor Frank Darabont
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Frank Darabont's first two feature films received Best Picture Academy Award® nominations: The Shawshank Redemption (1994) and The Green Mile (1999). Other film and TV projects include The Majestic (2001), The Mist (2007), and AMC's The Walking Dead, among many others.Stephen King is the author of more than fifty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. Among his most recent are 11/22/63, Under the Dome, and the Dark Tower novels Cell, From a Buick 8, Everything's Eventual, Hearts in Atlantis, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, and Bag of Bones. His acclaimed nonfiction book, On Writing, was also a bestseller. He is the recipient of the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives in Bangor, Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.
