It takes the average reader 1 hour and 42 minutes to read A Fool's Errand by Dermot Healy
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Dermot Healy's fourth collection presents itself as a book-length poem that charts the annual migrations of thousands of barnacle geese between their breeding grounds in Greenland and their winter quarters on an island beside his home. Section titles suggest stations on their route: 'The Leavings', 'The Arrowhead' and 'The Wild Goose Chase'. From renewed joy 'as they come - from gaggle to skein - in beautiful stitches / along a thread' the book's formal pattern displays a new skill as it reflects and records 'the story of two homes' and the shapes and sounds of their marvellous routines.
A Fool's Errand by Dermot Healy is 99 pages long, and a total of 25,641 words.
This makes it 33% the length of the average book. It also has 31% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 20 minutes to read A Fool's Errand aloud.
A Fool's Errand is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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