It takes the average reader 9 hours and 49 minutes to read Rails Under My Back by Jeffery Renard Allen
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
"Will put Allen in the company of writers such as James Joyce, August Wilson, and Ralph Ellison." —The Philadelphia Inquirer When it was first published fifteen years ago, Jeffery Renard Allen's debut novel, Rails Under My Back, earned its author comparisons to some of the giants of twentieth-century modernism. The publication of Allen's equally ambitious second novel, Song of the Shank, cemented those lofty claims. Now, the book that established his reputation is being restored to print in its first Graywolf Press edition. Together, the two novels stand as significant achievements of...
Rails Under My Back by Jeffery Renard Allen is 576 pages long, and a total of 147,456 words.
This makes it 194% the length of the average book. It also has 180% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 13 hours and 25 minutes to read Rails Under My Back aloud.
Rails Under My Back is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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