It takes the average reader 5 hours and 54 minutes to read The Illicit Happiness of Other People: A Novel by Manu Joseph
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A quirky and darkly comic take on domestic life in southern India. Ousep Chacko, journalist and failed novelist, prides himself on being “the last of the real men.” This includes waking neighbors upon returning late from the pub. His wife Mariamma stretches their money, raises their two boys, and, in her spare time, gleefully fantasizes about Ousep dying. One day, their seemingly happy seventeen-year-old son Unni—an obsessed comic-book artist—falls from the balcony, leaving them to wonder whether it was an accident. Three years later, Ousep receives a package that sends him searching for the...
The Illicit Happiness of Other People: A Novel by Manu Joseph is 352 pages long, and a total of 88,704 words.
This makes it 119% the length of the average book. It also has 108% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 4 minutes to read The Illicit Happiness of Other People: A Novel aloud.
The Illicit Happiness of Other People: A Novel is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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