It takes the average reader 3 hours and 30 minutes to read Tales on the Off-Beat by Philip Youngman-Carter
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
The husband and life-long collaborator of Margery Allingham, one of the truly great British crime writers, Philip ('Pip') Youngman-Carter was a prolific journalist, artist, book-jacket designer and short-story writer. For the first time, Tales on the Off-Beat collects the best of his short fiction, from rare stories written whilst a serving army officer in the Western Desert in WWII to his best-known tales of the unexpected, the mysterious and the downright spooky, which appeared in Argosy and Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine 1959-1963. Edited by Mike Ripley, who completed Youngman-Carter's unfinished Albert Campion novel as Mr Campion's Farewell in 2014, with an Introduction by Barry Pike, Chairman of the Margery Allingham Society.
Tales on the Off-Beat by Philip Youngman-Carter is 206 pages long, and a total of 52,736 words.
This makes it 70% the length of the average book. It also has 64% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 48 minutes to read Tales on the Off-Beat aloud.
Tales on the Off-Beat is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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