It takes the average reader 6 hours and 9 minutes to read The Custom of the Sea by Neil Hanson
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
This is the story of the case that outlawed for ever a practice followed since man first put to sea in boats; the custom of the sea - that of drawing straws to survive by eating one of the members of the shipwrecked party.Neil Hanson has pieced together the story of the four survivors of the shipwrecked Mignotte cast adrift at sea for a terrifying 24 days without food or water and the ensuing trial.
The Custom of the Sea by Neil Hanson is 358 pages long, and a total of 92,364 words.
This makes it 121% the length of the average book. It also has 113% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 24 minutes to read The Custom of the Sea aloud.
The Custom of the Sea is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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