How long does it take to read How to Talk Dirty and Influence People?
Lenny Bruce
How to Talk Dirty and Influence People by Lenny Bruce takes about 4 hours 24 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 24 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1965. 240 pages, about 66,000 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 20 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 24 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 45 minutes |
The page count is the median across 7 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The author tells of his childhood during the Depression, of his days in the Navy, and finally his emergence as a nightclub performer who was often arrested for obscenity and the use of narcotics. Bruce's search for the truth spares no one, including himself.
Subjects: Biography, Comedians
