How long does it take to read The Glass Key?
The Glass Key by Dashiell Hammett takes about 4 hours 43 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 43 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1931. 257 pages, about 70,675 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 51 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 43 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 57 minutes |
The page count is the median across 34 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
En période préélectorale, il s'agit de ne pas faire de vague. Dans l'ombre, Madvig tire les ficelles, car hommes politiques et fonctionnaires sont à sa botte. Jusqu'au moment où il est soupçonné du meutre du fils du sénateur Henry, dont il soutient la candidature.
Subjects: Politicians, Fiction, American Detective and mystery stories, Extortion, Detective and mystery stories, Ned Beaumont (Fictitious character)
