The Hunter by Richard Stark

Published 1962 · 57,200 words · about 3 hours at an average pace

How hard is The Hunter to read?

The Hunter scores 21 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.

Where the story of The Hunter takes place

  • New York City, early 1960s (1962), the main setting

About the author

Richard Stark