How long does it take to read Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth?
Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth by Wole Soyinka takes about 10 hours 48 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 10 hours 48 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2021. 589 pages, about 161,975 words.
22 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 18 hours |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 10 hours 48 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 45 minutes |
The page count is the median across 2 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"In an imaginary Nigeria, a cunning entrepreneur is selling body parts stolen from Dr. Menka's hospital for use in ritualistic practices. Dr. Menka shares the grisly news with his oldest college friend, bon viveur, star engineer, and Yoruba royal, Duyole Pitan-Payne. The life of every party, Duyole is about to assume a prestigious post at the United Nations in New York, but it now seems that someone is determined that he not make it there. And neither Dr. Menka nor Duyole knows why, or how close the enemy is, or how powerful. [This book] is at once a literary hoot, a crafty whodunit, and a scathing indictment of political and social corruption."--Dust jacket flap.
Subjects: Physicians, Fiction, Sale of organs, tissues, Abuse of administrative power
