How long does it take to read A Dance at the Slaughterhouse?
A Dance at the Slaughterhouse by Lawrence Block takes about 5 hours 51 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 9 of Matthew Scudder
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About 5 hours 51 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1991. 319 pages, about 87,725 words.
12 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 45 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 51 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 39 minutes |
The page count is the median across 18 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Matthew Scudder Crime Novel #9. "A master…. Lawrence Block's estimable private eye Matthew Scudder is one of the most fully developed and credible characters working in the genre today" (Chicago Tribune).
Subjects: Fiction, Private investigators, Private investigators in fiction, Matt Scudder (Fictitious character), Mystery, New york (n.y.), fiction
