How long does it take to read Coming Through Slaughter?
Coming Through Slaughter by Michael Ondaatje takes about 2 hours 56 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 56 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1976. 160 pages, about 44,000 words.
6 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 4 hours 53 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 56 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 50 minutes |
The page count is the median across 29 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Buddy Bolden, a New Orleans barber, cornet player, and full-time editor of a gossip sheet, disappears for two years, and when he returns, he goes berserk and spends his final years in the East Louisiana state hospital.
Subjects: Fiction, Jazz musicians, Romans, New Orleans (La.), Romans, nouvelles, Musiciens de jazz
