How long does it take to read Bank Shot?
Bank Shot by Donald E. Westlake takes about 4 hours 30 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 2 of Dortmunder
Previous: The Hot Rock Next: Drowned Hopes
About 4 hours 30 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1972. 245 pages, about 67,375 words.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 29 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 30 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 48 minutes |
The page count is the median across 24 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Instead of robbing a bank, Dortmunder tries to steal the whole building. Encyclopedias are heavy, and John Dortmunder is sick of carrying them. While in between jobs, the persistent heist-planner is working an encyclopedia-selling scam that's about to blow up in his face. The cops are on their way when his friend Kelp pulls up in a stolen Oldsmobile, offering a quick escape from the law and a job that's too insane to turn down. Kelp's nephew is an FBI washout who's addicted to old-time pulp novels and adventure stories. He tried being a cop, and now he wants to be a ro.
Subjects: Criminals, Dortmunder (Fictitious character), Fiction, Thieves, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Fiction, action & adventure
