How Long to Read Shanghai Boy

How Long Does it Take to Read Shanghai Boy?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 27 minutes to read Shanghai Boy by Stevan Eldred-Grigg

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

Description

A clever and compelling novel about illicit love and raw passion with unexpected twists and poignant depth. Manfred Morse has just hit fifty, and also the wall. Life seems empty. His marriage is long since over, his leathery old father is in his tenth year of dying of cancer, while his colleagues play games of petty politics. Seeking stress leave from his New Zealand university, he takes a job as guest lecturer at a university in Shanghai. Here he suddenly comes face-to-face with raw passion, but in the shape of one his students, aged only eighteen. He ducks this way and that, fending off love and, when he can no longer hold out, he lashes out. The young student goes missing. The police come knocking on Manfred's door. Who is the killer? Manfred? Or is he a victim? As the story slips back and forth between the southern and northern hemispheres, Shanghai increasingly takes centre stage: a pulsing city of crowded streets and clouding smog; motley smells and mindless noise; a complex and contradictory place that leaves Manfred both horrified and aroused. This is a clever and compelling novel from a prize-winning author.

How long is Shanghai Boy?

Shanghai Boy by Stevan Eldred-Grigg is 204 pages long, and a total of 51,816 words.

This makes it 69% the length of the average book. It also has 63% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Shanghai Boy Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 43 minutes to read Shanghai Boy aloud.

What Reading Level is Shanghai Boy?

Shanghai Boy 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.

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