About This Book
BOOKER PRIZE WINNER β’ NATIONAL BESTSELLER β’ An βextraordinary meditation on mortality, grief, death, childhood and memory" (USA Today) about a middle-aged Irishman who has gone back to the seaside to grieve the loss of his wife. In this luminous novel, John Banville introduces us to Max Morden, a mi...
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5h 18m
slow reader
180 WPM
3h 49m
average reader
250 WPM
2h 43m
fast reader
350 WPM
π 57,200 wordsπ
8 days at 30 min/day
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3 h 49 min
at 250 words per minute
Audiobook (1.5x)
4 h 14 min
at 1.5x narration speed
Audio 1x
6 h 21 min
Audio 2x
3 h 11 min
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- π 8 daysΒ reading 30 min/day
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