How long does it take to read Wyatt's Hurricane?
Wyatt's Hurricane by Desmond Bagley takes about 5 hours 12 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 12 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1966. 284 pages, about 78,100 words.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 41 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 12 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 15 minutes |
The page count is the median across 27 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Dave Wyatt is a West Indian meteorologist, working on the island of San Fernandez. When Dave carries out an airborne inspection of hurricane Mabel he develops a bad gut feeling. When he later sees a fellow West Indian tying down his roof he is sure. Dave must spread the word of the hurricane amidst disbelief, and in the middle of a war. He could not have predicted the result in his wildest nightmares..
Subjects: Fiction, Hurricanes, Fiction, thrillers, suspense, Caribbean area, fiction, Fiction, general, Adventure stories
