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K Blows Top: A Cold War Comic Interlude, Starring Nikita Khrushchev, America’s Most Unlikely Tourist by Peter Carlson

K Blows Top: A Cold War Comic Interlude, Starring Nikita Khrushchev, America’s Most Unlikely Tourist: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the K Blows Top: A Cold War Comic Interlude, Starring Nikita Khrushchev, America’s Most Unlikely Tourist audiobook runs 10.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Malcolm Hillgartner (about 7.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.8listening hrs
The Americasstore shelf
2009released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.8 hours of listening.

Days to finish K Blows Top: A Cold War Comic Interlude, Starring Nikita Khrushchev, America’s Most Unlikely Tourist at common listening paces
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30 min / day22 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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What our data says

  • At 10.8 hours, it runs longer than 61% of the 5,887 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Malcolm Hillgartner

Malcolm Hillgartner narrates 285 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,361 hours in all.

All Malcolm Hillgartner audiobooks, measured

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About this listen

K Blows Top: A Cold War Comic Interlude, Starring Nikita Khrushchev, America’s Most Unlikely Tourist is an audiobook by Peter Carlson: a 10.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Malcolm Hillgartner, released June 2, 2009, on the The Americas shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.8 hrs
Narrated by
Malcolm Hillgartner
Released
June 2, 2009
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
The Americas
ISBN
9781483051918

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the K Blows Top: A Cold War Comic Interlude, Starring Nikita Khrushchev, America’s Most Unlikely Tourist audiobook?

K Blows Top: A Cold War Comic Interlude, Starring Nikita Khrushchev, America’s Most Unlikely Tourist runs 10.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.2 hours.

Is the K Blows Top: A Cold War Comic Interlude, Starring Nikita Khrushchev, America’s Most Unlikely Tourist audiobook free?

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Who narrates K Blows Top: A Cold War Comic Interlude, Starring Nikita Khrushchev, America’s Most Unlikely Tourist?

K Blows Top: A Cold War Comic Interlude, Starring Nikita Khrushchev, America’s Most Unlikely Tourist is narrated by Malcolm Hillgartner.

Is K Blows Top: A Cold War Comic Interlude, Starring Nikita Khrushchev, America’s Most Unlikely Tourist worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.2 hours, saving 3.6 hours.