It takes the average reader 4 hours to read Burning Elvis by John Burnside
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
As he sets out on his first adventure in life, a young man enters the dark realm of adult violence; a married suburbanite longs for the wide, mysterious world that seems to hover just beyond the next turn in the road; a pair of disturbed twins commit a pointless crime; and the boy of the title story, at once appalled and beguiled by the glamour of others, has all his hopes and expectations exposed by a senseless murder. Burning Elvis is a book about innocence and fear, about boys and men who have no idea who they are, or what they are supposed to do, but are haunted by a vague apprehension of...
Burning Elvis by John Burnside is 240 pages long, and a total of 60,000 words.
This makes it 81% the length of the average book. It also has 73% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 27 minutes to read Burning Elvis aloud.
Burning Elvis 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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