It takes the average reader 11 hours and 53 minutes to read Jack of Diamonds by Bryce Courtenay
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
During the Great Depression there was little hope for a boy born into the slums of Cabbagetown, Toronto. But Jack Spayd is offered a ticket out in the form of a Hohner harmonica, won by his brutal drunken father in a late-night card game. Jack makes music as a way of escaping his surroundings, and his talent leads him to a jazz club and, eventually, to the jazz piano. Jack is a virtuoso and hits the road, enchanting audiences in Canada, wartime Europe and Las Vegas, where he is caught up in the world of elite poker and falls under the spell of his boss, the enigmatic Bridgett Fuller. Vegas is...
Jack of Diamonds by Bryce Courtenay is 711 pages long, and a total of 178,461 words.
This makes it 240% the length of the average book. It also has 218% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 16 hours and 15 minutes to read Jack of Diamonds aloud.
Jack of Diamonds is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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