How long is Gone South?

Gone South is 400 pages, or approximately 110,000 words. At an average reading pace, it takes about 6 hours to read.

Is Gone South difficult to read?

Gone South has a difficulty score of 2.8 out of 10, making it relatively accessible. Key factors include vocabulary complexity (2.8/10), sentence structure (2.8/10), abstract concepts (2.8/10).

What genre is Gone South?

Gone South is categorized as Thriller & Suspense, Satire & Humor, Mystery & Crime. It was published in 1993.

Is Gone South worth reading?

Gone South is notable with a literary regard score of 2.5/10. Visit ReadingRate for the full difficulty analysis and reading guide.

Gone South

Published 1993 · 400 pages · 110,000 words · about 6 hours at an average pace · Thriller & Suspense, Satire & Humor, Mystery & Crime

How hard is Gone South to read?

Gone South scores 28 out of 100 for difficulty on ReadingRate, making it relatively accessible. The score is a weighted composite of nine measures: four of how hard the prose is to parse, five of how hard the meaning is to extract.

Vocabulary: 28 out of 100: A mass-market thriller from Pocket Books aimed at a broad readership, so the diction is likely plain and contemporary. It sits near Beach Read in accessibility.
Sentence structure: 28 out of 100: Reviewers praise the pacing, which points to direct, propulsive sentences. Like Beach Read, the syntax should pose little difficulty.
Abstraction: 28 out of 100: The premise is a concrete manhunt through the Louisiana bayous with bounty hunters in pursuit. Action drives the story, putting it near Asterix the Gaul rather than idea-driven fiction.
Information density: 32 out of 100: A 110,000-word chase thriller with a clear throughline and a small cast of pursuers. Reveals stay manageable, in the range of The Housemaid.
Narrative indirection: 25 out of 100: A thriller and black comedy built on pursuit and violence, with action stated plainly. Readers infer little beyond the genre's usual turns.
Symbolic density: 22 out of 100: Nothing in the evidence points to an allegorical or motif-heavy design. The bayou chase reads as adventure, with a minimal symbolic layer like Beach Read.
Ironic distance: 40 out of 100: The black comedy, with a three-armed veteran and an Elvis impersonator as pursuers, brings absurd humor. Reviewers still call the book hopeful, so the tone stays closer to sincere than to Catch-22 satire.
Resolution withholding: 25 out of 100: Genre chase thrillers usually deliver closure, and the reviewer's note that the book is more hopeful than dark suggests a satisfying ending. Nothing indicates open-ended ambiguity.
Structural complexity: 25 out of 100: A pursuit narrative of 400 paperback pages most likely moves linearly, following the fugitive and his hunters. Its structure resembles Beach Read's linear shape.

How Gone South is regarded

Gone South holds a literary regard score of 25 out of 100, weighing its place in the canon, its critical reception, its influence on other writers, and the standing of its author. Regard is measured separately from difficulty: a demanding book is not necessarily an admired one.