How long does it take to read The Sportswriter?
The Sportswriter by Richard Ford takes about 6 hours 53 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours 53 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1985. 375 pages, about 103,125 words.
14 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 11 hours 28 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 53 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 18 minutes |
The page count is the median across 10 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
In the aftermath of his divorce and the death of his son, Frank Bascombe struggles to come to terms with failure and tries to find consolation in the arms of a new girlfriend. What he hoped would be an idyllic adventure turns into a succession of calamities.
Subjects: Fiction, Sportswriters, Divorced men, Fiction, general, Divorced people, fiction, Authors, fiction
