It takes the average reader 9 hours and 40 minutes to read Twentieth Century Limited by Jan David Blais
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Overcoming disabling injuries, Vietnam vet Paul Bernard becomes an award-winning journalist and television newsman known for holding a mirror to American society. Long critical of the radical right, after 9-11 Bernard attacks the Bush administration for Osama bin Laden's escape and leading the nation into a disastrous war. On assignment in Iraq, Bernard is killed under suspicious circumstances. Interwoven with the account of his life is an interview of his mentor, Professor Augustus F.X. Flynn, by a magazine writer profiling him. Frustrated by Washington's inaction, the two set out to find the truth about the killing. In Book Two, Paul Bernard has become an oil expert and a critic of America's Middle East dependency. His experiences as a correspondent in Paris and Moscow are related in this Book, his coverage of the great year 1989 in Europe, the Gulf War. Bernard's move to television news is marked by growing clashes with the radical right, culminating in his controversial stance against the Iraq War and the dramatic final events of the story.
Twentieth Century Limited by Jan David Blais is 580 pages long, and a total of 145,000 words.
This makes it 196% the length of the average book. It also has 177% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 13 hours and 12 minutes to read Twentieth Century Limited aloud.
Twentieth Century Limited is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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