It takes the average reader 3 hours and 43 minutes to read The Saga of Doubtful Sound by Alwyn Dow
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
I suppose it is inevitable that a jazz musician would want to ‘blow his own trumpet,’ but I truly believe that this novel contains such a detailed insight into the drama that unfolds, that it could not have possibly been written by someone else. The story is about social politics in America and beyond during the twentieth century, as seen through the lives of a family of jazz musicians. Their work takes them into areas where racism and bigotry abound not only in the States but abroad too, but, ‘The music goes round and around,’ despite their misgivings. Their recordings provide the ‘pictures’...
The Saga of Doubtful Sound by Alwyn Dow is 222 pages long, and a total of 55,944 words.
This makes it 75% the length of the average book. It also has 68% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 5 minutes to read The Saga of Doubtful Sound aloud.
The Saga of Doubtful Sound is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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