How long does it take to read The Assistant?
The Assistant by Bernard Malamud takes about 4 hours 31 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 31 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1957. 246 pages, about 67,650 words.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 31 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 31 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 49 minutes |
The page count is the median across 74 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Frank, a troubled, somewhat desperate, Italo-American works long hours in the grocery store of a struggling Jewish family in a Brooklyn neighborhood. He develops a secret passion for his employer's attractive daughter.
Subjects: Criminals, Fiction, Grocers, Italian Americans, Jewish converts from Christianity, Jewish families
