It takes the average reader 4 hours and 10 minutes to read Good News from Riga by Jonathan Falla
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
"Your parents know that somebody is spying onthem? Why doesn't your father rip down the microphone?" "He's proud of it. He says, better spied on thannot worth spying on."Jonathan Falla's sixth novel is a startling, creepy tale of exiles trapped in a city determined to ignore their presence. Making their homes in ruined factories, they constantly dream of their 'Return' while actually ever more embedded in a life of bizarre rituals. Into their shadow world comes a wealthy but naive surgeon who falls in love even as he feels contempt for their murderous politics. As the exiles' lifestyle threatens to devour their own young, the doctor attempts to escape with his girl... This is an intense, blackly comic story of longing and entrapment in the most peculiar of settings.Of Jonathan Falla's previous work: "A mature storyteller in full command of his craft." Scottish Review of Books"The tensions brooding beneath the surface gloss ofwonderfully incongruous humour keep one's nervesconstantly a-jangle before exploding." City Limits"An outstanding novel." Sunday Times Published by Stupor Mundi Books, Scotland UK
Good News from Riga by Jonathan Falla is 250 pages long, and a total of 62,500 words.
This makes it 84% the length of the average book. It also has 76% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 41 minutes to read Good News from Riga aloud.
Good News from Riga 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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