It takes the average reader 4 hours and 34 minutes to read This Isn't the Sort of Thing That Happens to Someone Like You by Jon McGregor
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The powerful first collection of short stories by Jon McGregor. From the publication of his first Booker-nominated novel at the age of twenty-six, Jon McGregor's fiction has consistently been defined by lean poetic language, a keen sense of detail, and insightful characterization. Now, after publishing three novels, he's turning his considerable talent toward short fiction. The stories in this beautifully wrought collection explore a specific physical world and the people who inhabit it. Set among the lowlands and levees, the fens and ditches that mark the spare landscape of eastern England,...
This Isn't the Sort of Thing That Happens to Someone Like You by Jon McGregor is 272 pages long, and a total of 68,544 words.
This makes it 92% the length of the average book. It also has 84% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 14 minutes to read This Isn't the Sort of Thing That Happens to Someone Like You aloud.
This Isn't the Sort of Thing That Happens to Someone Like You is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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