The estimated word count of Black Card: A Novel is 58,745 words.
A person reading at the average speed of 250 words/min, will finish the book in 3 hrs 55 mins. At a slower speed of 150 words/min, they will finish it in 6 hrs 32 mins. At a faster speed of 450 words/min, they will finish it in 2 hrs 11 mins.
Black Card: A Novel - 58,745 words | ||
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Reading Speed | Time to Read | |
Slow | 150 words/min | 6 hrs 32 mins |
Average | 250 words/min | 3 hrs 55 mins |
Fast | 450 words/min | 2 hrs 11 mins |
for Black Card: A Novel
In this NPR Best Book of the Year, a mixed-race punk rock musician must face the real dangers of being Black in America in this “wise meditation on race, authenticity, and belonging” (Nylon). Chris L. Terry’s Black Card is an uncompromising examination of American identity. In an effort to be “Black enough,” a mixed-race punk rock musician indulges his own stereotypical views of African American life by doing what his white bandmates call “Black stuff.” After remaining silent during a racist incident, the unnamed narrator has his Black Card revoked by Lucius, his guide through Richmond, Virginia, where Confederate flags and memorials are a part of everyday life. Determined to win back his Black Card, the narrator sings rap songs at an all-white country music karaoke night, absorbs black pop culture, and attempts to date his Black coworker Mona, who is attacked one night. The narrator becomes the prime suspect, earning the attention of John Donahue, a local police officer with a grudge dating back to high school. Forced to face his past, his relationships with his black father and white mother, and the real consequences and dangers of being Black in America, the narrator must choose who he is before the world decides for him.