It takes the average reader 4 hours to read Rules for Old Men Waiting by Peter Pouncey
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
A brief, lyrical novel with a powerful emotional charge, Rules for Old Men Waiting is about three wars of the twentieth century and an ever-deepening marriage. In a house on the Cape “older than the Republic,” Robert MacIver, a historian who long ago played rugby for Scotland, creates a list of rules by which to live out his last days. The most important rule, to “tell a story to its end,” spurs the old Scot on to invent a strange and gripping tale of men in the trenches of the First World War. Drawn from a depth of knowledge and imagination, MacIver conjures the implacable, clear-sighted...
Rules for Old Men Waiting by Peter Pouncey is 240 pages long, and a total of 60,000 words.
This makes it 81% the length of the average book. It also has 73% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 27 minutes to read Rules for Old Men Waiting aloud.
Rules for Old Men Waiting is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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