It takes the average reader 4 hours and 22 minutes to read The Beggar's Garden by Michael Christie
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Longlisted for the 2011 Scotiabank Giller Prize Brilliantly sure-footed, strikingly original, tender and funny, this collection of nine linked stories follows a diverse group of curiously interrelated characters--from bank manager to crackhead to retired Samaritan to web designer to car thief--as they drift through each others' lives in Vancouver's notorious Downtown Eastside. These engrossing stories, gleefully free of moral judgment, are about people who are searching in the jagged margins of life -- for homes, drugs, love, forgiveness. Ranging from the tragically funny opening story...
The Beggar's Garden by Michael Christie is 261 pages long, and a total of 65,511 words.
This makes it 88% the length of the average book. It also has 80% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 57 minutes to read The Beggar's Garden aloud.
The Beggar's Garden is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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