How long does it take to read A Prayer for the Dying?
A Prayer for the Dying by Jack Higgins takes about 4 hours 3 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of Martin Fallon
Previous: Cry of the Hunter
About 4 hours 3 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1973. 221 pages, about 60,775 words.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 45 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 3 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 32 minutes |
The page count is the median across 35 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: English fiction, Fiction, Northern Ireland in fiction, Violence, Political violence, Political violence in fiction
