How long does it take to read Volkswagen Blues?
Volkswagen Blues by Jacques Poulin takes about 4 hours 42 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 42 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1984. 256 pages, about 70,400 words.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 49 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 42 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 56 minutes |
The page count is the median across 9 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Jack Waterman, on a quest for his big brother, sets out from the Gaspe Peninsula in an old Volkswagen minibus. Along for the ride are a lanky Metis girl and her black cat. Their Kerouac-like odyssey takes them along the highways of history and literature to the Pacific.
Subjects: Roman canadien de langue francʹaise, Fiction, general, Automobile travel, Volkswagen Transporters, History, French-Canadian fiction
