How Long to Read Centurions, Knights, and Other Cops

How Long Does it Take to Read Centurions, Knights, and Other Cops?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 12 minutes to read Centurions, Knights, and Other Cops by J. Kenneth Van Dover

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

Description

In 1970 a remarkable first novel hit the bestseller charts. The New Centurions was a police story as gripping and real as the hard-edged streets and lives it depicted, written by a cop actively serving on the Los Angeles Police Department. This panoramic introduction to a policeman's Los Angeles uses different fictive lenses to show the disintegration of contemporary American society through the eyes of those hired to protect it. The narrative follows the first five years in the careers of three very different cops, culminating in the disastrous Watts riots of 1965. The author quickly followed this initial success with three other bestsellers: The Blue Knight (1972), The Onion Field (a "nonfiction novel, 1973), and The Choirboys (1975), the latter being generally acknowledged as his masterpiece. All four books were made into successful films, and the resulting notoriety forced Wambaugh to resign his commission in 1974. Since then he has published another ten books, most dealing at least peripherally with police life, and many also focusing the author's fine rapier on Southern California's rich and famous. J. K. Van Dover discusses the entire range of the author's work, from his first novel to Finnegan Week (1993), and shows why Joseph Wambaugh deserves a place among the pantheon of American literary lions. Complete with chronology, notes, bibliography, and index.

How long is Centurions, Knights, and Other Cops?

Centurions, Knights, and Other Cops by J. Kenneth Van Dover is 128 pages long, and a total of 33,024 words.

This makes it 43% the length of the average book. It also has 40% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Centurions, Knights, and Other Cops Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours to read Centurions, Knights, and Other Cops aloud.

What Reading Level is Centurions, Knights, and Other Cops?

Centurions, Knights, and Other Cops 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.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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