How long does it take to read Shake Hands with the Devil?
Roméo Dallaire
Shake Hands with the Devil by Roméo Dallaire takes about 10 hours 18 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 10 hours 18 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2003. 562 pages, about 154,550 words.
21 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 17 hours 10 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 10 hours 18 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 26 minutes |
The page count is the median across 17 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A Canadian general and former United Nations peacekeeper shares his harrowing eyewitness account of the genocide in Rwanda, revealing how he and his men managed to rescue thousands of people despite the orgy of bloodletting that was erupting all around them. Reprint
Subjects: Atrocities, Canadian Personal narratives, Genocide, History, Peacekeeping forces, United Nations
