How long does it take to read Serpentine?
Thomas Thompson
Serpentine by Thomas Thompson takes about 11 hours 12 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 11 hours 12 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1979. 611 pages, about 168,025 words.
23 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 18 hours 40 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 11 hours 12 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 7 hours |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
With compelling style and suspense this true-crime book reconstructs the bizarre, bloody journey of a mesmerizing but sinister young man named Charles Sobhraj. Sweeping back and forth over half the globe -- from the boulevards of Paris to the slopes of Mount Everest to the underbellies of Bangkok and Hong Kong -- Sobhraj left in his wake a trail of baffling mystery and inexplicable horror. He also led the police of a dozen nations on a chase that ended at least twelve and possibly twenty-four corpses later with a mere seven-year prison sentence in Delhi. Besides offering a riveting narrative of serial murder and a years-long manhunt, this singular volume examines the lives not only of the intelligent, charismatic, conscienceless, and thoroughly dangerous Sobhraj but also of the unsuspecting victims that he drugged, robbed, sometimes tortured, and without a qualm often killed. A chilling tale of deadly coincidences set in exotic, glamorous locales, Serpentine offers a reading experience as frightening as it is unforgettable.
Subjects: Murder, Case studies, Biography, Criminals, Murderers
