How long does it take to read Polaroids from the Dead?
Polaroids from the Dead by Douglas Coupland takes about 3 hours 38 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 38 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1996. 198 pages, about 54,450 words.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 3 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 38 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 16 minutes |
The page count is the median across 10 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"A wide variety of stories and personal 'postcards' about the pivotal people and places that have defined our modern lives....a skillful combination of stories, fact and fiction--keen outtakes on life in the late twentieth century, exploring the recent past and a society obsessed with celebrity, crime and death."--Jacket.
Subjects: Grateful Dead (Musical group), Social aspects, Social aspects of Rock music, Deadheads (Music fans), Rock music, Social aspects of Music
