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Title:
A very expensive poison [DAISY talking book] : the assassination of Alexander Litvinenko and Putin's war with the West
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Publication Date:
2017
Publication Information:
Washington, D.C. : National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, 2017.
Physical Description:
1 computer optical disc (11 hr., 9 min.) : sound ; 4 3/4 in.
Abstract:
Investigative report of the 2006 death of Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko, who was poisoned in London and died twenty-two days later. The cause was found to be polonium, a rare radioactive substance. Tracks the crime and the preceding events, following the deadly trail all the way back to the Russian government. 2016.
General Note:
Digital audiobook in DAISY format.
Performers:
Narrated by: Mark Ashby.
Contents:
Prologue. The men from Moscow -- Mafia state -- Journalist, exile, campaigner, spy -- First deployment -- The German waiter -- Murder in Mayfair -- A bit of a puzzle -- Ruslan and Lyudmila -- An inspector calls -- Death of a oligarch -- Gelsemium elegans -- A small victorious war -- The inquiry -- Leviathan -- Blunt force -- The man who solved his own murder.
Technical Details:
System requirements: NLS authorized digital talking book (dtb) player. Web version requires Internet access, BARD password and NLS authorized digital talking book player. Contact your cooperating library or the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, for more information.
Full audio with structure.
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Language:
English
Audience:
Male narrator.
