How Long to Read Gweilo

How Long Does it Take to Read Gweilo?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 32 minutes to read Gweilo by Martin Booth

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

Description

Evocative, funny and full of life, this is a beautifully observed childhood memoir of growing up in colonial Hong Kong in the 1950s. As an inquisitive seven-year-old, Martin Booth found himself with the whole of Hong Kong at his feet when his father was posted there in the early 1950s. Unrestricted by parental control, he had free access to hidden corners of the colony normally closed to a Gweilo, a “pale fellow” like him. Befriending rickshaw coolies and local stallholders, he learned Cantonese, sampled delicacies such as boiled water beetles and one-hundred-year-old eggs, and participated...

How long is Gweilo?

Gweilo by Martin Booth is 379 pages long, and a total of 98,161 words.

This makes it 128% the length of the average book. It also has 120% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Gweilo Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 56 minutes to read Gweilo aloud.

What Reading Level is Gweilo?

Gweilo 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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