About This Book
Michael Beard is a Nobel prize-winning physicist whose best work is behind him. A compulsive womaniser, Beard finds his fifth marriage floundering. But this time it is different: his wife is having the affair, and he is still in love with her. When Beard's professional and personal worlds collide in...
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8h 50m
slow reader
180 WPM
6h 22m
average reader
250 WPM
4h 33m
fast reader
350 WPM
📖 95,425 words📅 13 days at 30 min/day
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6 h 22 min
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Audiobook (1.5x)
7 h 4 min
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10 h 36 min
Audio 2x
5 h 18 min
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