It takes the average reader 5 hours and 11 minutes to read Billiards at Half-Past Nine by Heinrich Boll
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Böll's well-known opposition to fascism and war informs this moving story of a single day in the life of traumatized soldier Robert Faehmel, scion of a family of successful Cologne architects, as he struggles to return to ordinary life after the Second World War. An encounter with a war-time nemesis, now a power in the reconstruction of Germany, forces him to confront private memories and the wounds of Germany's defeat in the two World Wars.
Billiards at Half-Past Nine by Heinrich Boll is 305 pages long, and a total of 77,775 words.
This makes it 103% the length of the average book. It also has 95% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 5 minutes to read Billiards at Half-Past Nine aloud.
Billiards at Half-Past Nine is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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