About This Book
The Carandiru House of Detention, in the teeming city of SΓ£o Paulo, was the largest and most crowded prison in Latin America. Known as the 'Old House', it was also highly unusual in the way it was governed. Closed to the outside world, and even largely to the wardens, it was run almost entirely by t...
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Reading Time Estimates
7h 38m
slow reader
180 WPM
5h 30m
average reader
250 WPM
3h 56m
fast reader
350 WPM
π 82,500 wordsπ
11 days at 30 min/day
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Reading time
5 h 30 min
at 250 words per minute
Audiobook (1.5x)
6 h 7 min
at 1.5x narration speed
Audio 1x
9 h 10 min
Audio 2x
4 h 35 min
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- π 11 daysΒ reading 30 min/day
- π11 commutesΒ of 30 min each