How Long to Read Mrs D' Silva's Detective Instincts and the Shaitan of Calcutta

How Long Does it Take to Read Mrs D' Silva's Detective Instincts and the Shaitan of Calcutta?

It takes the average reader 5 hours to read Mrs D' Silva's Detective Instincts and the Shaitan of Calcutta by Glen Peters

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

Description

This book is the story of an Anglo Indian community in 1960s Calcutta coming to terms with India taking its first few faltering steps towards democracy. Joan is a single parent whose son's accidental discovery of the body of a young woman, gets her embroiled in the sinister activities of a maoist faction. The movement is bent on bringing a violent revolution to overturn the unfairness of caste, class, religion and privilege. The book evokes the rich multicultural but confused five hundred year heritage of the Anglo Indian community who feel abandoned by the British and unsure of their fellow Indians. You smell the sumptuous cuisine, feel the emergence of popular culture, recoil at the racism, despair at the bureaucracy and are aroused by the sexual tensions. Although the characters in the book are purely fictional, the background is based on real historical, national and world events of the day; the Naxalbari uprisings, President's rule and the rise of democratic Marxism in India. The writing is in the genre of a popular political thriller. The author, an Anglo-Indian, is intimately familiar with the period and is keen to give this almost extinct, post-Raj community and authentic voice. The book will appeal to those interested in stories of South Asia, political events of the 1960s, the cross-over of English and Indian.

How long is Mrs D' Silva's Detective Instincts and the Shaitan of Calcutta?

Mrs D' Silva's Detective Instincts and the Shaitan of Calcutta by Glen Peters is 295 pages long, and a total of 75,225 words.

This makes it 100% the length of the average book. It also has 92% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Mrs D' Silva's Detective Instincts and the Shaitan of Calcutta Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 51 minutes to read Mrs D' Silva's Detective Instincts and the Shaitan of Calcutta aloud.

What Reading Level is Mrs D' Silva's Detective Instincts and the Shaitan of Calcutta?

Mrs D' Silva's Detective Instincts and the Shaitan of Calcutta 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.

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

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