How Long to Read Wee Davy

How Long Does it Take to Read Wee Davy?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 3 minutes to read Wee Davy by Andrew Doig

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

Description

What would you do if a two-foot septuagenarian Scotsman tumbled out of your washing machine? For William, a young Glaswegian travelling in Australia, his panicked efforts to save the tiny wee man bring a new companion abruptly into his life. 'But what are you Davy?''I'm jist yer wee big bollixed pal.' William is on the rebound from a relationship with a beautiful Swedish girl, Beata, and from the lost friendship of his travelling buddies. When we first meet him, he is working on a banana farm, getting battered by the huge bunches he has to carry and bullied by the other workers. He lacks the character to form attachments or the imagination to think of a route out of this nasty situation. When Davy arrives and becomes William's constant familiar, he gives William the words and actions he needs to achieve what he, or more often what Davy, wants - friendships, adventures, new goals and sex. Davy's influence is funny and frantic, but becomes increasingly malevolent. Their adventures take them from Australia to Korea, Hong Kong and Scotland. William develops a dependence on, but also a deep fear of, Davy and what he is capable of. Wee Davy is a darkly comic novel that draws on the crisis of identity and longing for stability faced by a young man launched into a world of supposed adventure. Davy gives voice to desires and urges that William represses - for women, for change and for acceptance among his peers. As Davy coaches and prompts William, so he takes greater control of his life, despite William's regrets, guilt and losses. Wee Davy may be viewed as a contemporary Gothic novel that inherits and develops upon the 'divided self' tradition of Scottish authors such as Hogg and Stevenson. It is also a book about exploration and discovery - both global and personal.

How long is Wee Davy?

Wee Davy by Andrew Doig is 178 pages long, and a total of 45,924 words.

This makes it 60% the length of the average book. It also has 56% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Wee Davy Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 10 minutes to read Wee Davy aloud.

What Reading Level is Wee Davy?

Wee Davy is suitable for students ages 10 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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