How long does it take to read Kafka on the Shore?

The average reader reads at a speed of 250 words per minute (wpm). Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami has 192 356 words, so the average reader would take 12 hours 49 minutes to read the whole book. How long would it take you to read Kafka on the Shore? Read a paragraph from Kafka on the Shore below to find out!

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