About this episode

The episode discusses the complexities of John Gardner's 'The Man from Barbarossa' and its themes of propaganda and historical revisionism.

When a celebrated Soviet hero is alleged to have marched among the SS in some of history's worst butchery, James Bond is sent to validate the claims and protect the source. Along the way 007 poses as cameraman in a deep-fake propaganda production designed to rewrite history and redirect the dying embers of cold war chaos. Marked by inter-agency intrigue and a staggering cast of secondary characters, John Gardner's "The Man from Barbarossa" was supposedly the writers favourite and might just earn the award for "thickest narrative stew" here on LTP. Lights, camera, action?... well, sort of! Summary@08:00; Review@23:00

People in this episode

Host: Lighting the Pipes

Topics covered

• James Bond
• Cold War
• propaganda
• inter-agency intrigue
• narrative analysis

Keywords

• James Bond
• The Man from Barbarossa
• John Gardner
• propaganda
• Cold War
• narrative
• inter-agency intrigue

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: SS, Soviet

Books & works: The Man from Barbarossa

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