About This Book
Gabriel Garcia Marquez's new book begins in November 1990 in Bogota, Columbia, when a group of gunmen ambush a car, kill the chauffeur and kidnap its two women passengers. The gunmen were working for Pablo Escobar, boss of the Medellin course cocaine cartel, who in the early nineties kidnapped the r...
Reading Time Estimates
7h 57m
slow reader
180 WPM
5h 43m
average reader
250 WPM
4h 5m
fast reader
350 WPM
📖 85,800 words📅 12 days at 30 min/day
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Reading time
5 h 43 min
at 250 words per minute
Audiobook (1.5x)
6 h 21 min
at 1.5x narration speed
Audio 1x
9 h 32 min
Audio 2x
4 h 46 min
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- 📅12 days reading 30 min/day
- 🚇12 commutes of 30 min each