It takes the average reader 9 hours and 16 minutes to read A Death in Hong Kong: The MacLennan Case of 1980 and the Suppression of a Scandal (2nd Edition) by Nigel Collett
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In January 1980, a young police officer named John MacLennan committed suicide in his Ho Man Tin flat. His death came mere hours before he was to be arrested for committing homosexual acts still, at that point, illegal in Hong Kong. But this was more than the desperate act of a young man, ashamed and afraid; both his death and the subsequent investigation were a smokescreen for a scandal that went to the heart of the establishment. MacLennan came to Hong Kong from Scotland during a tumultuous time in Hong Kong’s history. The governorship of Sir Murray MacLehose was to be a time of reform and...
A Death in Hong Kong: The MacLennan Case of 1980 and the Suppression of a Scandal (2nd Edition) by Nigel Collett is 552 pages long, and a total of 139,104 words.
This makes it 186% the length of the average book. It also has 170% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 12 hours and 40 minutes to read A Death in Hong Kong: The MacLennan Case of 1980 and the Suppression of a Scandal (2nd Edition) aloud.
A Death in Hong Kong: The MacLennan Case of 1980 and the Suppression of a Scandal (2nd Edition) is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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