How long does it take to read The Man Who Cried I Am?
John A. Williams
The Man Who Cried I Am by John A. Williams takes about 7 hours 23 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours 23 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1967. 403 pages, about 110,825 words.
15 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 12 hours 19 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 23 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 37 minutes |
The page count is the median across 22 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Set in Amsterdam in 1964, the story of Max Reddick, an American Negro writer dying of cancer; of thirty years which have been determined by his race, and of his inner struggle to affirm his own identity.
Subjects: African americans, fiction, Paris (france), fiction, Amsterdam (netherlands), fiction, Fiction, general, Fiction, Racism