How long does it take to read The Innocent?
The Innocent by Ian McEwan takes about 4 hours 57 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 57 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1990. 270 pages, about 74,250 words.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 15 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 57 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 6 minutes |
The page count is the median across 31 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
It was 1955 and the corpse of post-war Berlin was crawling with spies. A British Post Office technician began his descent into ever deeper echelons of electronic surveillance beneath the surface of Berlin. The author also wrote "The Child in Time".
Subjects: Fiction, British, Tunnels, Man-woman relationships, Cold War, Espionage
