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How long does it take to read The Double Comfort Safari Club?

Alexander McCall Smith

The Double Comfort Safari Club by Alexander McCall Smith takes about 4 hours 24 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

Book 11 of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

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About 4 hours 24 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1960. 240 pages, about 66,000 words.

9 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 7 hours 20 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 4 hours 24 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 2 hours 45 minutes

The page count is the median across 17 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

Readers will agree that this touching and dramatic new installment in Alexander McCall Smith's beloved and best-selling series is the finest yet. In this story, Precious Ramotswe deals with issues of mistaken identity and great fortune against the beautiful backdrop of Botswana's remote and striking Okavango Delta.Mma Ramotswe and Mma Makutsi head to a safari camp to carry out a delicate mission on behalf of a former guest who has left one of the guides a large sum of money. But once they find their man, Precious begins to sense that something is not right. To make matters worse, shortly before their departure Mma Makutsi's fiance, Phuti Radiphuti, suffers a debilitating accident, and when his aunt moves in to take care of him, she also pushes Mma Makutsi out of the picture. Could she be trying to break up the relationship? Finally, a local priest and his wife independently approach Mma Ramotswe with concerns of infidelity, creating a rather unusual and tricky situation. Nevertheless, Precious is confident that with a little patience, kindness and good sense things will work out for the best, something that will delight her many fans.From the Hardcover edition.

Subjects: Mystery, Women private investigators in fiction, Women private investigators, Fiction, Precious Ramotswe (Fictitious character), Botswana, fiction

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