It takes the average reader 4 hours and 57 minutes to read Billy Phelan's Greatest Game by William Kennedy
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Billy Phelan, a slightly tarnished poker player, pool hustler, and small-time bookie, moves through the lurid nighttime glare of a tough Depression-era town. A resourceful man full of Irish pluck, Billy works the fringes of Albany sporting life with his own particular style and private code of honor until he finds himself in the dangerous position of potential go-between in the kidnapping of a political boss's son. In relating Billy's fall from the underworld grace and his storybook redemption, Kennedy captures the seamy underside of a brassy, sweaty city that would prefer to pretend that the...
Billy Phelan's Greatest Game by William Kennedy is 288 pages long, and a total of 74,304 words.
This makes it 97% the length of the average book. It also has 91% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 46 minutes to read Billy Phelan's Greatest Game aloud.
Billy Phelan's Greatest Game is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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