How Long to Read Sticky Fingers: Confessions of a Marginally Repentant Shoplifter

How Long Does it Take to Read Sticky Fingers: Confessions of a Marginally Repentant Shoplifter?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 14 minutes to read Sticky Fingers: Confessions of a Marginally Repentant Shoplifter by Tom Bentley

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

Description

Shopping with Tom Bentley? You Won't Need a Receipt There’s only one thing more excited than a kid in a candy store: a kid in a candy store who can steal as much candy as he needs. The same kid later realizes that budgeting for high school is so restrictive—why not just steal all those shiny little (and big) things that caught his eye? Tom Bentley was that kid. He was a dedicated, accomplished shoplifter through his high school years, so much so that he treated it as a business, taking orders for record albums, tape recorders, clothes, liquor and all sorts of glittery little gewgaws from his peer clients, and instructing a small team of fellow five-fingerers in matters of the trade. During the four-year period between age 15 and 19, Bentley was a lunatic thief, and became more and more brazen: He dribbled basketballs out of stores, marched out holding new briefcases as if he were a businessman, strolled out with completely unrolled sleeping bags—a model student, er, shoplifter. He stopped—temporarily—only after spending a few days in jail for stealing a bottle of Scotch. Budgeting as a high school student can be so restrictive: Bentley felt that stealing all the things he “needed” seemed to be a reasonable answer. Even after graduation. That was Bentley's first experience running a business, and it was a successful one—with some unsuccessful consequences. Another detail: he was a Catholic altar boy from a nice, middle-class Southern California family. That didn’t seem to help with the shoplifting. Bentley developed some intriguing shoplifting techniques and shares them here. (Caution: don't try this at home—or in any stores!) Spend some time, from the late 60s through the 70s, journeying with Tom Bentley as he goes from Southern California to Canada to central Washington to Las Vegas, pilfering all the way. Sticky Fingers has examples of colorfully bad judgment, the cracking of the social contract, pangs of conscience, and humor—it’s lively, surprising, and fun. And mostly illegal.

How long is Sticky Fingers: Confessions of a Marginally Repentant Shoplifter?

Sticky Fingers: Confessions of a Marginally Repentant Shoplifter by Tom Bentley is 188 pages long, and a total of 48,504 words.

This makes it 63% the length of the average book. It also has 59% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Sticky Fingers: Confessions of a Marginally Repentant Shoplifter Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 25 minutes to read Sticky Fingers: Confessions of a Marginally Repentant Shoplifter aloud.

What Reading Level is Sticky Fingers: Confessions of a Marginally Repentant Shoplifter?

Sticky Fingers: Confessions of a Marginally Repentant Shoplifter is suitable for students ages 10 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.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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