"One of King's most immediately engaging page-turners in ages ... No one has a lighter touch at looking into the heart of darkness' USA Today

'Vintage King . .. It's a tale well told and gripping to the end'

Associated Press

'His best fiction in years, a Depression-era prison novel that's as hauntingly touching as it is just plain haunted' Entertainment Weekly

King has more in common with [Dickens] than his critics would dare concede. Both are first-rate storytellers and masters of the cliffhanger . .. both as scarily imaginative and prolific, creating well-rounded, sympathetic characters and managing to be populist while remaining literate' Spectator

"King comes through . . . he understands fully the value of wonder, the effect of magic in spinning a solid story for an appreciative audience Locus

"All chat is best in King's work . .. From 12 to 80, King brings his readers to tears of pity and wonder'

Boston

Globe

'The Green Mile has become a publishing sensation' Time