How Long to Read As Good as Dead

How Long Does it Take to Read As Good as Dead?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 17 minutes to read As Good as Dead by Stanley William Rogal

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

Description

As Good As Dead is a cautionary tale about an unknown writer a€œliving in the bowels of anonymitya€ who suddenly hits it big with a novel-turned-movie deal. On his quick trip to fame, Vic stops along the way to comment on celebrity, marketing machines, the notion of banging out an overnight success on onea€(TM)s typewriter, and the act of becoming a legend. Wherever big bucks are involved, there will be a call to compromise or a pact with the devil: one pill makes you smaller, one pill makes you tall. Vic has his initial fifteen minutes (or seconds) of rubbing shoulders with the stars as he completes a cross-border tour from Hollywood, to Oprah, to a lavish party at the Playboy Mansiona€"before he takes the inevitable fall down the rabbit hole and is forced to decide between his integrity and belief systems, and his newfound fortune and fame. At its most basic, the novel is about language: all meaningful attempts to communicate end in failure and/or comic tragedy due to the limits of language. The novel is also written as a roman A clef in good humoura€"many of the characters are recognizable within the Toronto writing community. Rogal couples his dramatic wit with an accelerated steam-of-consciousness style in his fifteenth book and third novel.

How long is As Good as Dead?

As Good as Dead by Stanley William Rogal is 194 pages long, and a total of 49,276 words.

This makes it 65% the length of the average book. It also has 60% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read As Good as Dead Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 29 minutes to read As Good as Dead aloud.

What Reading Level is As Good as Dead?

As Good as Dead is suitable for students ages 10 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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