How long does it take to read The Devil's Punchbowl?
The Devil's Punchbowl by Greg Iles takes about 10 hours 38 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 10 hours 38 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2008. 580 pages, about 159,500 words.
22 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 17 hours 43 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 10 hours 38 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 39 minutes |
The page count is the median across 16 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The shocking new thriller from the king of southern gothic.When he was a prosecuting attorney Penn Cage sent hardened killers to death row. But it is as mayor of his hometown - Natchez, Mississippi - that Penn will face his most dangerous threat.Urged by old friends to restore the town to its former glory, Penn has ridden into office on a tide of support for change. But in its quest for new jobs and fresh money, Natchez has turned to casino gambling. Five fantastical steamboats float on the river beside the old slave market like props from Gone With the Wind. But one boat isn't like the others. Rumour has it that the Magnolia Queen has found a way to pull the big players from Las Vegas. And with them comes an unquenchable taste for one thing: blood sport, and the dark vices that go with it. When a childhood friend of Penn's who brings him evidence of these crimes is brutally murdered, the full weight of Penn's failure to protect this city hits home. So begins his quest to find the men responsible. But it's a hunt he begins alone, for the local authorities have been corrupted by the money and power of his hidden enemy. With his family's life at stake, Penn realizes his only allies in his one-man war are those bound to him by blood or honour.
Subjects: Race relations, Murder, Wilderness areas, Fiction, Gambling and crime, Treasure troves
