How long does it take to read King Rat?
King Rat by James Clavell takes about 7 hours 10 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
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About 7 hours 10 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1950. 391 pages, about 107,525 words.
15 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 11 hours 57 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 10 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 29 minutes |
The page count is the median across 49 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The time is World War II. The place is a brutal prison camp deep in Japanese-occupied territory. Here, within the seething mass of humanity, one man, an American corporal, seeks dominance over both captives and captors alike. His weapons are human courage, unblinking understanding of human weaknesses, and total willingness to exploit every opportunity to enlarge his power and corrupt or destroy anyone who stands in his path.From the Paperback edition.
Subjects: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Japanese Prisoners and prisons, Prisoners and prisons, Japanese, Prisoners of war, Soldiers
