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How long does it take to read In the Name of the Father?

A. J. Quinnell

In the Name of the Father by A. J. Quinnell takes about 6 hours 53 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 6 hours 53 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1987. 375 pages, about 103,125 words.

14 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 11 hours 28 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 6 hours 53 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 4 hours 18 minutes

The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

The KGB plans to assassinate the Pope, but in the Vatican City, three men plot an alternative pre-emptive strike. The Russian President would normally be safe in the fortress that is the Kremlin, but this President has a potentially fatal weakness. Who will get to their target first?

Subjects: Fiction, Fiction, espionage, Fiction, thrillers, general, Soviet union, fiction, Fiction, thrillers, espionage, Fiction, mystery & detective, general

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