It takes the average reader 5 hours and 54 minutes to read City of Spades by Colin MacInnes
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
'You leave your mother and your brother too,You leave the pretty wife you're never faithful to,You cross the sea to find those streets that's paved with gold,And all you find is Brixton cell that's oh! so cold.'London, 1957. Victoria Station is awash with boat trains discharging hopeful black immigrants into a cold and alien land. Liberal England is about to discover the legacy of Empire. And when Montgomery Pew, a newly appointed assistant welfare officer in the Colonial Department, meets Johnny Fortune, recently arrived from Lagos, the meeting of minds and races takes a surprising...
City of Spades by Colin MacInnes is 352 pages long, and a total of 88,704 words.
This makes it 119% the length of the average book. It also has 108% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 4 minutes to read City of Spades aloud.
City of Spades 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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