The Defector: The Untold Story of the KGB Agent who Exposed the CIA and Saved MI5: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Defector: The Untold Story of the KGB Agent who Exposed the CIA and Saved MI5 runs 9.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Richard Kerbaj and John Sackville (about 6.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 20 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
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What our data says
- At 9.8 hours, it runs longer than 54% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by John Sackville
John Sackville narrates 156 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,342 hours in all.
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About as long, on the World shelf
1,144 World audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Defector: The Untold Story of the KGB Agent who Exposed the CIA and Saved MI5 is an audiobook by Richard Kerbaj: a 9.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Richard Kerbaj and John Sackville, released April 28, 2026, on the World and Military (History) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Richard Kerbaj, John Sackville
- Released
- April 28, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World, Military (History), Europe
- ISBN
- 9781443477840
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Defector: The Untold Story of the KGB Agent who Exposed the CIA and Saved MI5 as an audiobook?
The Defector: The Untold Story of the KGB Agent who Exposed the CIA and Saved MI5 runs 9.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.6 hours.
Is The Defector: The Untold Story of the KGB Agent who Exposed the CIA and Saved MI5 free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Defector: The Untold Story of the KGB Agent who Exposed the CIA and Saved MI5?
The Defector: The Untold Story of the KGB Agent who Exposed the CIA and Saved MI5 is narrated by Richard Kerbaj and John Sackville.