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Coffey's Hands

  • 1996 first published
  • 90 pages
  • ★ 4.4 (8 ratings)
  • 11 editions

Stephen King's Coffey's Hands (1996) is a horror novella. The story is set in E Block and Green Mile. It features Paul Edgecombe, John Coffey and Eduard Delacroix. Readers will find themes of prisons, murderers, death row inmates and Georgia.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.4 out of 5 from 8 ratings, and 67 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 11 editions across 3 languages.

It runs to roughly 90 pages — about an hour and a half of reading at an average pace.

About Coffey's Hands

[The Green Mile](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL81629W/The_Green_Mile) #3 Paul Edgecombe has been suffering with a bladder infection for some time that hasn't cleared. It is in this book that Paul discovers that John Coffey can heal with his touch. Eduard Delacroix has been teaching Mr. Jingles tricks and is quite attached to the mouse--almost as much as guard Percy Wetmore despises it.
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

  • E Block
  • Green Mile
  • Death Row
  • Georgia Pines

Characters

  • Paul Edgecombe
  • John Coffey
  • Eduard Delacroix
  • Mr. Jingles
  • Percy Wetmore

Subjects

  • Prisons
  • Murderers
  • Death row inmates
  • Horror tales
  • Serialized fiction
  • Horror fiction
  • Suspense fiction
  • Mystery
  • American horror tales
  • Horror
  • Coffey, john
  • Georgia

Quick answers

Who wrote Coffey's Hands?

Coffey's Hands was written by Stephen King and first published in 1996.

What genre is Coffey's Hands?

It is usually shelved as Horror.

How long is Coffey's Hands?

The median edition has 90 pages, about about an hour and a half of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Coffey's Hands?

Readers who like it often enjoy House of Leaves, Coraline and City of Bones.

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