How long does it take to read Shalimar the Clown?
Shalimar the Clown by Salman Rushdie takes about 7 hours 46 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours 46 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1998. 424 pages, about 116,600 words.
16 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 12 hours 57 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 46 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 52 minutes |
The page count is the median across 33 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
De dood van een voormalige Amerikaanse ambassadeur in India lijkt op een politieke moord, maar blijkt persoonlijke wortels te hebben in de geschiedenis van het decennialang tussen India en Pakistan ingeklemde Kashmir.
Subjects: Psychological fiction, Assassination, Fiction, Clowns in fiction, Adultery in fiction, Revenge