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The Picnic: The true story of the greatest border breach in Cold War history by Matthew Longo

The Picnic: The true story of the greatest border breach in Cold War history: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Picnic: The true story of the greatest border breach in Cold War history runs 10.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Tom Parks (about 6.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.3listening hrs
Social Sciencestore shelf
2024released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Picnic: The true story of the greatest border breach in Cold War history at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day21 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×7 days

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What our data says

  • At 10.3 hours, it runs longer than 73% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.

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 Picnic: The true story of the greatest border breach in Cold War history is an audiobook by Matthew Longo: a 10.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Tom Parks, released January 25, 2024, on the Social Science and Europe shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.3 hrs
Narrated by
Tom Parks
Released
January 25, 2024
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Social Science, Europe, World
ISBN
9781529932119

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Picnic: The true story of the greatest border breach in Cold War history as an audiobook?

The Picnic: The true story of the greatest border breach in Cold War history runs 10.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.9 hours.

Is The Picnic: The true story of the greatest border breach in Cold War history free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The Picnic: The true story of the greatest border breach in Cold War history?

The Picnic: The true story of the greatest border breach in Cold War history is narrated by Tom Parks.

Is The Picnic: The true story of the greatest border breach in Cold War history worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.9 hours, saving 3.4 hours.