How Long to Read AC

How Long Does it Take to Read AC?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 40 minutes to read AC by Alan Lieberman

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Atlantic City's golden age has ended. Once known as the Queen of Resorts frequented by genteel and wealthy members of Philadelphia's leading families, AC had become a summer-long hustle of gypsy fortune-tellers, auction clip joints, and seedy arcades. The town is in the grip of corrupt public officials and organized crime. The passage of casino gambling has ignited a frenzy of greed. Politicians, the mob, and real estate speculators gather like a flock of vultures picking clean the bones of a carcass. One-by-one the grand hotels along the boardwalk are demolished. The discovery of three skeletons buried in the mud walls beneath the rubble of the Marlborough Blenheim Hotel catapults, Jake Harris, an A.C.P.D. detective, back in time to a long-ago summer. It is the summer Jake falls in love with Michelle Nardo, a dark-haired beauty from Ducktown whose life circumstances are alien to his own. Together they imagine their life together in a different, happier place. Their dream is shattered when Joey Nardo, Michelle's troubled older brother, commits a gruesome murder that sends him to a prison for the criminally insane, and drives Jake and Michelle apart. Seventeen years later, Jake's pursuit of the killer, or killers of the victims found buried in the tunnel, reunites him with Michelle. His connections to Michelle, and to the Ducktown boys he ran with as a teenager mean he must choose between a cover-up and justice. Risking his career and his freedom, Jake follows the trail of evidence as it twists and turns through a labyrinth of mob killings and corruption. As he attempts to salvage the life he once dreamed they would share, he must confront the horrific events of that summer, and learns the terrible secret Michelle kept from him. AC is a heartfelt homage to a hometown under siege, a coming-of-age story fraught with violence and insurmountable obstacles to first love—and, a tale of murder, corruption, and greed. Lieberman brings to his readers the profound importance of roots—both of place and family—to who we are and who we become. Perfect for those with memories of pre-casino Atlantic City, AC will be enjoyed by everyone whose hometown lives in their hearts. "Alan Lieberman's novel brings the same sort of literary excitement and mystery to Atlantic City that Dennis Lehane brings to Boston." Dan Pope, author of Housebreaking, and In the Cherry Tree.

How long is AC?

AC by Alan Lieberman is 275 pages long, and a total of 70,125 words.

This makes it 93% the length of the average book. It also has 86% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read AC Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 23 minutes to read AC aloud.

What Reading Level is AC?

AC is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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