How long does it take to read Paul McCartney?
Many Years from Now
Barry Miles
Paul McCartney by Barry Miles takes about 11 hours 59 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 11 hours 59 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1997. 654 pages, about 179,850 words.
24 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 19 hours 59 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 11 hours 59 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 7 hours 30 minutes |
The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Based on hundreds of hours of exclusive interviews undertaken over a period of five years by Barry Miles, and on complete access to McCartney's own archives, this is Paul McCartney in his own words. It is a history from the inside of one of the greatest song-writing partnerships of the century. It is the private life of a man made public property - a Beatle - by the age of twenty-one. It is the trajectory of the most popular pop group in history, from beginnings to break-up. At its centre, of course, is Paul McCartney's relationship with John Lennon - as friend, collaborator, as part of 'Lennon/McCartney" - two young guys from Liverpool who went on to change the world - and finally as bitter rivals in a struggle for the soul and the business control of the Beatles. McCartney recalls the genesis of every song he and Lennon wrote together and talks in fascinating detail about how they worked and who was responsible for which line, which melody.
Subjects: Rock musicians, Biography, Beatles, Great britain, biography, Musiciens rock, Biographies
