How long does it take to read La Virgen de los Sicarios / Our Lady of the Assassins?
Fernando Vallejo
La Virgen de los Sicarios / Our Lady of the Assassins by Fernando Vallejo takes about 2 hours 36 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 36 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1994. 142 pages, about 39,050 words.
6 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 4 hours 20 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 36 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 38 minutes |
The page count is the median across 16 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
An older writer, Fernando, returns to his hometown, Medellin, Colombia. There he falls in love with 16-year-old assassin, Alexis. After Alexis is killed, Fernando hunts for his killer in the Medellin slums and falls in love with Wilmar, a boy who resembles Alexis.
Subjects: Assassins, Fiction, Fiction, suspense, Colombia, fiction, Fiction, thrillers, suspense, Novela
