How Long to Read The Last Carbonara

How Long Does it Take to Read The Last Carbonara?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 47 minutes to read The Last Carbonara by Anthony Jennings

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

Description

Approaching 60, Anthony Jennings was ready for a rest. He had emigrated to Italy 35 years ago, married an Italian and raised a family, worked as a consultant for the Italian government and the UN in sectors ranging from art theft to nutrition, from child abduction to high speed rail and the protection of Mafia witnesses.Then, aged 58, he ran the Rome marathon, and was hooked. The Last Carbonara chronicles his development from desk-bound invalid with a dodgy back to assured and stylish athlete doing one hundred miles a week, winning cups and prizes, beating Olympic gold medallists, outsprinting people half his age.This is a book about running in Italy, but it also a picture of a country, and a fast-paced account of the author's love-hate relationship with his adopted land. Stories of training and races on small Tuscan islands, in the heart of Rome, on the Amalfi coast or in Puglia are seamlessly interwoven with insights into Italy: how to buy the best fish, how Spartacus' defeated rebels were crucified, and how priceless antiquities are looted from old Etruscan tombs. We learn how on a calm evening the Captain of the Costa Concordia sailed a billion-dollar cruise liner into an island, and how Silvio Berlusconi kept himself out of jail through decades of bizarre sexual and financial misdoings.This is a book for anyone who has wished they could run among classical ruins, olive trees and turquoise seas, but it will appeal equally to non runners: anyone who has dreamed of a life in Italy or longed to understand the country. It is an insider's view of what Italians themselves call the bel paese - the beautiful country - by turns exuberantly comic, darkly misanthropic, and self-mocking, and above all a lyrical and poignant evocation of the beauty and the transience of human life.

How long is The Last Carbonara?

The Last Carbonara by Anthony Jennings is 224 pages long, and a total of 56,896 words.

This makes it 76% the length of the average book. It also has 70% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Last Carbonara Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 10 minutes to read The Last Carbonara aloud.

What Reading Level is The Last Carbonara?

The Last Carbonara 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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