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How long does it take to read A Man in Full?

Tom Wolfe, David Ogden Stiers, Juan Gabriel López Guix

A Man in Full by Tom Wolfe, David Ogden Stiers, Juan Gabriel López Guix takes about 13 hours 48 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 13 hours 48 minutes

A week or two of reading

First published 1998. 753 pages, about 207,075 words.

28 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 23 hours 1 minute
Average, 250 words a minute 13 hours 48 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 8 hours 38 minutes

The page count is the median across 44 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

A satire on America featuring a capitalist trying to avoid ruin. The hero is Charlie Croker of Atlanta whose plantation and skyscraper face repossession by banks for non-repayment of a loan. One way out might be to request leniency in return for hushing up a rape.

Subjects: Acquaintance rape, African American lawyers, African Americans, Africna American lawyers, Afro-American lawyers, Conglomerate corporations

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