The estimated word count of The Right Mistake: The Further Philosophical Investigations of Socrates Fortlow is 86,180 words.
A person reading at the average speed of 250 words/min, will finish the book in 5 hrs 45 mins. At a slower speed of 150 words/min, they will finish it in 9 hrs 35 mins. At a faster speed of 450 words/min, they will finish it in 3 hrs 12 mins.
The Right Mistake: The Further Philosophical Investigations of Socrates Fortlow - 86,180 words | ||
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Reading Speed | Time to Read | |
Slow | 150 words/min | 9 hrs 35 mins |
Average | 250 words/min | 5 hrs 45 mins |
Fast | 450 words/min | 3 hrs 12 mins |
for The Right Mistake: The Further Philosophical Investigations of Socrates Fortlow
Living in South Central L.A., Socrates Fortlow is a sixty-year-old ex-convict, still strong enough to kill men with his bare hands. Now freed after serving twenty-seven years in prison, he is filled with profound guilt about his own crimes and disheartened by the chaos of the streets. Along with his gambler friend Billy Psalms, Socrates calls together local people of all races from their different social stations—lawyers, gangsters, preachers, Buddhists, businessmen—to conduct meetings of a Thinkers' Club, where all can discuss the unanswerable questions in life.The street philosopher enjoins his friends to explore—even in the knowledge that there's nothing that they personally can do to change the ways of the world—what might be done anyway, what it would take to change themselves. Infiltrated by undercover cops, and threatened by strain from within, tensions rise as hot-blooded gangsters and respectable deacons fight over issues of personal and social responsibility. But simply by asking questions about racial authenticity, street justice, infidelity, poverty, and the possibility of mutual understanding, Socrates and his unlikely crew actually begin to make a difference.In turns outraged and affectionate, The Right Mistake offers a profoundly literary and ultimately redemptive exploration of the possibility of moral action in a violent and fallen world. Read more