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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

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