The Cool War

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The Cool War

by Andrew Fetler

EN·~32 minutes

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In the shadowy world of Cold War intelligence, a seasoned Soviet operative known only as Pashkov finds himself tangled in a bizarre cat‑and‑mouse game with his American counterpart, Colonel James. Their rivalry is seasoned with dark humor, secret dossiers, and a mysterious manuscript that could reshape propaganda on both sides. When a routine mission to erase a compromised agent turns into a frantic scramble across Moscow, Stockholm, and a fortified villa outside the capital, the stakes suddenly rise far beyond simple espionage.

Tasked with swapping identities and staging a fake funeral for a celebrated writer, Pashkov must navigate a maze of double‑agents, a theatrical surgeon, and even a hospital gown emblazoned with a corporate logo. Every radio call and coded message pulls him deeper into a plot where loyalty is measured in slogans and the line between friend and foe blurs. Listeners will be drawn into a fast‑paced, witty duel of wits that tests how far a spy will go to keep his nation’s secrets—and his own sanity.

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Language

en

Duration

~32 minutes (30K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

Release date

2016-02-21

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

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Andrew Fetler

1925–2017

Born in Latvia and later based in the United States, this novelist and short-story writer drew on displacement, memory, and history to create fiction with unusual emotional reach. He also spent many years teaching English at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

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