How long does it take to read Immediate Action?
Immediate Action by Andy McNab takes about 9 hours 5 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 9 hours 5 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1995. 495 pages, about 136,125 words.
19 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 15 hours 8 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 9 hours 5 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 40 minutes |
The page count is the median across 12 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The most astonishing true story you will ever read - by the author of the million-copy bestseller, Bravo Two Zero.Immediate Action is a no-holds-barred account of an extraordinary life, from the day Andy McNab was found in a carrier bag on the steps of Guy's Hospital to the day he went to fight in the Gulf War.As a delinquent youth he kicked against society. As a young soldier he waged war against the IRA in the streets and fields of South Armagh. As a member of 22 SAS Regiment he was at the centre of covert operations for nine years - on five continents.Recounting with grim humour and in riveting, often horrifying, detail his activities in the world's most highly trained and efficient Special Forces unit, McNab sweeps us into a world of surveillance and intelligence-gathering, counter-terrorism and hostage rescue.There are casualties: the best men are so often the first to be killed, because they are in front.By turns chilling, astonishing, violent, funny and moving, this blistering first-hand account of life at the forward edge of battle confirms Andy McNab's standing in the front rank of writers on modern war.
Subjects: Biography, Great Britain, Great Britain. Army. Special Air Service, Military, Nonfiction, Soldiers
