How Long to Read The Pugilist at Rest

By Thom Jones

How Long Does it Take to Read The Pugilist at Rest?

It takes the average reader 4 hours to read The Pugilist at Rest by Thom Jones

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

Description

Thom Jones's magnificent collection of stories presents a brutal and authentic vision of the human condition, in a world without mercy or redemption. The Pugilist at Rest gives us an America of Vietnam vets and ex-boxers, of bitter lovers in trailer parks, of lives passing in brilliant epileptic flickers. These ferocious, semi-autobiographical stories form the debut collection by a distinctive and hugely talented writer. Thom Jones was discovered as a writer relatively late in life, in his forties, by the fiction editors at the New Yorker, who published many of Jones's stories from the early...

How long is The Pugilist at Rest?

The Pugilist at Rest by Thom Jones is 240 pages long, and a total of 60,000 words.

This makes it 81% the length of the average book. It also has 73% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Pugilist at Rest Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 27 minutes to read The Pugilist at Rest aloud.

What Reading Level is The Pugilist at Rest?

The Pugilist at Rest 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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