About This Book
BOOKER PRIZE WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • An “extraordinary 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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Reading Time Estimates
5h 18m
slow reader
180 WPM
3h 49m
average reader
250 WPM
2h 43m
fast reader
350 WPM
📖 57,200 words📅 8 days at 30 min/day
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4 h 14 min
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Audio 2x
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