How long does it take to read East Of Desolation?
East Of Desolation by Jack Higgins takes about 4 hours 5 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 5 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1968. 223 pages, about 61,325 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 49 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 5 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 33 minutes |
The page count is the median across 31 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Classic adventure from the undisputed master of action and adrenalin-pumping suspense.When a plane crashes in the icy Greenland desert with no passengers on board, and no means of identification, Joe Martin is hired to fly to the scene of the crash by the insurance company involved and the beautiful widow of the dead pilot. But the routine mission spirals into hair-raising suspense when a priceless batch of emeralds are added to the mystery, and suddenly Joe finds himself in mortal danger.
Subjects: Fiction, Thriller, Aircraft accidents, Fiction, action & adventure, Greenland, fiction, Detective and mystery stories
