How Long to Read And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks

By Jack Kerouac

How Long Does it Take to Read And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 47 minutes to read And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks by Jack Kerouac

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Description

In 1944, Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs were charged as accessories to murder. One of their friends, Lucien Carr, had stabbed another, David Kammerrer. Carr had come to each of them and confessed; Kerouac helped him get rid of the weapon - neither told the police. For this failing they were arrested. Months later, the two writers - unpublished at the time - collaborated on And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks, a fictionalized account of the summer of the killing.

How long is And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks?

And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks by Jack Kerouac is 224 pages long, and a total of 56,896 words.

This makes it 76% the length of the average book. It also has 70% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 10 minutes to read And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks aloud.

What Reading Level is And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks?

And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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