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How long does it take to read The Street Lawyer?

John Grisham

The Street Lawyer by John Grisham takes about 7 hours 34 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 7 hours 34 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1989. 413 pages, about 113,575 words.

16 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 12 hours 37 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 7 hours 34 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 4 hours 44 minutes

The page count is the median across 59 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

He gave up the money. He gave up the power. Now all he has left is the law.Michael Brock is billing the hours, making the money, rushing relentlessly to the top of Drake & Sweeney, a giant D.C. law firm. One step away from partnership, Michael has it all. Then, in an instant, it all comes undone.A homeless man takes nine lawyers hostage in the firm's plush offices. When it is all over, the man's blood is splattered on Michael's face--and suddenly Michael is willing to do the unthinkable. Rediscovering a conscience he lost long ago, Michael is leaving the big time for the streets where his attacker once lived--and where society's powerless need an advocate for justice.But there's one break Michael can't make: from a secret that has floated up from the depths of Drake & Sweeney, from a confidential file that is now in Michael's hands, and from a conspiracy that has already taken lives. Now Michael's former partners are about to become his bitter enemies. Because to them, Michael Brock is the most dangerous man on the streets....From the Paperback edition.

Subjects: Fiction, Legal stories, Lawyers, Mystery, Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.) -- Fiction

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