How Long to Read The Hurdy Gurdy Man

How Long Does it Take to Read The Hurdy Gurdy Man?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 50 minutes to read The Hurdy Gurdy Man by Frederick Krider

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

Description

Vietnam veteran Tommy Starbuck teaches high school English in a small town in southern Ohio. But his comfortable middle-class reality comes to a screeching halt when his wife abruptly leaves him for an old boyfriend. Starbuck becomes obsessed with reclaiming some semblance of a normal life, but fate-or some mischievous god-has other plans for him. A series of bizarre events causes him to question his sanity, the world's sanity. As he descends further into a surreal Season of Madness, he blasts an air-raid siren with a rifle on the date of his wedding anniversary. Myron Laszlo, an unkempt, long-haired giant, thrusts himself into Starbuck's life, viewing a bullet-riddled siren as radical and antiestablishment: "Your act of seeming violence was in reality an act of love," he tells Starbuck who becomes his Hurdy Gurdy Man. Almost as suddenly as he came into Starbuck's life, Laszlo departs, leaving a display of destruction in his wake. Saddened at the loss of his friend, Starbuck reprioritizes his life and begins working on a novel. After realizing that normalcy can have many interpretations, he decides to meet the seeming madness of Life head-on.

How long is The Hurdy Gurdy Man?

The Hurdy Gurdy Man by Frederick Krider is 350 pages long, and a total of 87,500 words.

This makes it 118% the length of the average book. It also has 107% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Hurdy Gurdy Man Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 58 minutes to read The Hurdy Gurdy Man aloud.

What Reading Level is The Hurdy Gurdy Man?

The Hurdy Gurdy Man 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.

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