It takes the average reader 10 hours and 50 minutes to read Searching for Sugar Man II by Contributor Howard a DeWitt
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American musician Sixto Rodriguez never realized he had become famous. He spent forty years making music but had only two failed albums-Cold Fact and Coming from Reality-to show for it. At least Rodriguez thought those albums had failed, but in reality they gained new life and new fans an ocean away. While his work never caught on in America, music lovers in the United Kingdom, South Africa, and Australia kept his legacy alive through the decades. As chronicled in the 2012 documentary Searching for Sugar Man, fans eventually tracked down the elusive artist and showed him the impact he had on so many. But this wasn't the whole story, as industry insider and author Howard A. DeWitt explains in this new biography of the controversial figure. DeWitt details the most important aspects of Rodriguez's life that the documentary failed to consider, including successful Australian tours in 1979 and 1981 and Rodriguez's tireless advocacy for the rights of immigrants, blue-collar workers, and impoverished people. As DeWitt fills in these gaps, he shows the true power of Rodriguez's Cinderella story and the machinations of the many people in the music and film industries who wanted total control of the
Searching for Sugar Man II by Contributor Howard a DeWitt is 650 pages long, and a total of 162,500 words.
This makes it 219% the length of the average book. It also has 199% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 14 hours and 47 minutes to read Searching for Sugar Man II aloud.
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