It takes the average reader 6 hours and 35 minutes to read The Blue Afternoon by William Boyd
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
From the acclaimed author of Brazzaville Beach and The Blue Afternoon, a new novel, set in present-day London, which demonstrates the superbly plotted storytelling that has earned William Boyd his reputation as a writer whose "eccentric wit and restless intelligence exert a powerful appeal" (New York Times Book Review). One cold winter's morning, Lorimer Black-- insurance adjuster, young, good-looking, on the rise--goes out on a perfectly ordinary business appointment, finds a hanged man and realizes that his life is about to be turned upside down. The elements at play: a beautiful actress glimpsed in a passing taxi . . . an odd new business associate whose hiring, firing and rehiring make little sense . . . a rock musician who is losing his mind--and a web of fraud in which virtually everyone Lorimer Black knows has been caught and in which he finds himself increasingly entangled. Boyd at his urbane and mesmerizing best.
The Blue Afternoon by William Boyd is 392 pages long, and a total of 98,784 words.
This makes it 132% the length of the average book. It also has 121% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 59 minutes to read The Blue Afternoon aloud.
The Blue Afternoon is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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