How Long to Read The Cigarette Wall

How Long Does it Take to Read The Cigarette Wall?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 50 minutes to read The Cigarette Wall by Vernon Pribble

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

Description

An adults only book, with humor, sex, mystery and ethos.Lots of laughs. Think "Catch 22" or "Mash" (without the blood and guts). Army Captain Abraham Washington is black, the Commanding Officer of an Engineer Unit, and fast tracked for promotion to Major. All he has to do to ensure that promotion is complete an air strip in South Korea in mid winter subzero weather. He can handle the weather, but other things start to happen. A gung ho commander of the local Military Police unit tries to close down the six brothels in the village outside the Engineer compound. Captain Washington can't let that happen. His men work 12-hour shifts and their main recreation is a visit with Madame's girls. But he cannot be seen to be condoning the brothels as his unit has orders from higher up that prohibits fraternization with local civilians. He must somehow thwart the Military Police but maintain arms length deniabiility of his men visiting the brothels. Then the village elders demand that he stop stripping the hill he is using for fill - he's digging up their cemetary. And since he is filling in rice paddies they had farmed for generations, they want the Engineers to use their equipment to dig irrigation ditches for new rice paddies on the land the Korean Government gave them as compensation for confiscating their rice paddies for the air strip. They won't be able to dig the new irrigation ditches mauallly, due to te frozen ground, before next planting season, so the villagers want the engineers to use their equipment to dig the new ditches. He can't use military equipment for civilian work without approval from higher headquarters, and referring the problem to headquarters would reflect negatively on his ability to solve local problems...and perhaps jeopardize his promotion. Feeling responsible because he is filling in their rice paddies, he hits upon the idea of giving each villager a years supply of ricce. Then they could dig the new irrigation ditches when the ground has thawed out and be ready for following years planting. He soon becomes desperate to find a way to get seven tons of rice. Meanwhile, why is someone sneaking down to the village in the wee hours when the brothels are closed? And what is the cigarette wall?

How long is The Cigarette Wall?

The Cigarette Wall by Vernon Pribble is 404 pages long, and a total of 102,616 words.

This makes it 136% the length of the average book. It also has 125% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Cigarette Wall Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 20 minutes to read The Cigarette Wall aloud.

What Reading Level is The Cigarette Wall?

The Cigarette Wall 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.

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

Where Can I Buy The Cigarette Wall?

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