How Long to Read The Farewell Heist

How Long Does it Take to Read The Farewell Heist?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 18 minutes to read The Farewell Heist by George Snyder

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

Description

Abandoned as a child, Ben Steele has spent a lifetime as a thief and gambler. Now, he wonders if he can change, become something else. Or are his dreams of running his own restaurant just a fantasy? When his longtime friend Seth Tanker proposes one more heist, Steele is intrigued. If successful, the job could provide the stakes he needs to break free of the rut and actually get that restaurant. Worse, Seth is dying and the caper is also his last chance to follow his dream. The team Seth has assembled is all wrong. The safecracker has seen better days... but not recently. The 'muscle' is at least as dangerous to his own team as he is to the enemy. The driver is completely controlled by his unreliable wife, the inside source has a problem with cocaine, and the only one who looks semi-competent doesn't trust whites. Steele needs the money, but does he really have a chance with the team Seth has assembled? Especially as Seth feels he owes all of them something? Compounding Steele's problems, the local gambling boss has hired an outside collector to pick up his debts and Kurt Noland intends to collect no matter who gets in the way. 'Collecting' Steele's heist as part of his profits would just make his leg-breaking/raping/beating that much more pleasant. Author George Snyder writes a fast-paced adventure/caper. In Steele and Kurt Noland, he gives us two sides of the solitary tough-guy. Despite his self-image as autonomous, Steele discovers that he can and must depend on others--an evolution that ultimately gives him the strength to stand up to Noland and the other cons after the heist money. Of course, depending on others also becomes his weakness as others cannot live up to his impossibly high standards. Snyder's writing plunges the reader into danger with a complex protagonist/antagonist pair, crooked politicians, multiple sets of crooks out after one treasure. I liked the way Snyder piled on the suspense--we the reader knowing that bad things were in motion but Steele and his gang ignorant.

How long is The Farewell Heist?

The Farewell Heist by George Snyder is 254 pages long, and a total of 64,516 words.

This makes it 86% the length of the average book. It also has 79% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Farewell Heist Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 52 minutes to read The Farewell Heist aloud.

What Reading Level is The Farewell Heist?

The Farewell Heist 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.

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