It takes the average reader 5 hours and 10 minutes to read Sendero by John Rouse
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Plot summary of 70,000 word novel: Twenty-two years have passed since Joe Petrini's ignominious dismissal from Peru as a US Peace Corps volunteer. To block out the pain of his rejection, he adopts an ersatz like in the States until a strange series of events occurs which sends him back to the isolated valley where he once worked. He finds a very different Peru from the one he left with a government recovering from a bloody civil ar against Sendero Luminoso rebels and in the midst of a the Japanese Hostage Crisis. There he meets Maria, the widow of his lawyer friend and puts him on a path of rediscovery of his past errors and future possibilities. Woven within this story of love, betrayal and redemption is an element of intrigue, involving a corrupt police officer and US Consulate official who are responsible for the murder of his lawyer friend and his daughter plus a cast of other characters concerned with bringing the murderers to justice.
Sendero by John Rouse is 310 pages long, and a total of 77,500 words.
This makes it 105% the length of the average book. It also has 95% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 3 minutes to read Sendero aloud.
Sendero is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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