Siro: A Novel by David Ignatius

Author:David Ignatius
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Thrillers, Suspense, Fiction
ISBN: 9780393346640
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2013-05-28T00:00:00+00:00

“I think your man Munzer can be had,” Taylor confided to Stone when he returned to Washington the next day. They met briefly in the parking lot of a drugstore on Wisconsin Avenue, near Stone’s home in Georgetown. The Karpetland van was parked a few yards away. Taylor had driven straight down from New York that morning and called Stone as soon as he arrived.

“Well done,” said Stone, shaking Taylor’s hand. “He’s not an easy nut to crack, as I recall.”

“He’s like most émigrés. Gaga about the old country, but otherwise a nice guy.”

“So how can I help you,” said Stone, “on this pleasant Saturday afternoon which I had intended to spend on the tennis court?”

“Sorry to bother you. But to close the deal with Ahmedov I need a favor in a hurry.”

“What might that be?”

“I need to have something broadcast on the Turkic services of Radio Liberty. You mentioned you had a friend in Munich who had helped you put stuff on the radios in the past, and I thought maybe you could ask him for a favor.”

“Of course I can. What is it that you want broadcast?”

“A poem. A nationalist poem called ‘Wake Up, Kazakh.’ I have a copy of it here.” He handed the book he had brought from Munzer’s house to Stone.

“That shouldn’t pose a problem.”

“It’s on Ahmedov’s list of all-time greatest hits. Since it’s anti-Russian, Ahmedov thinks broadcasting it is a no-no. I told him we could change the rules. That was my recruitment pitch, to get him on board. So if we can’t do it, I’m screwed. I’ll have to look for another guy.”

“Not to worry. As I said, it shouldn’t pose a problem. Nobody checks these things very carefully. And even when they do, there are always ways of covering one’s tracks. How soon should this epic be broadcast?”

“Right away. I told Ahmedov it would be on the air within a week.”

“How would next Tuesday be? Three days from now.”

“You can do it that quickly?”

“I don’t see why not.”

“That would be fine,” said Taylor. “Just fine.”

“Anything else?” asked Stone, looking at his watch. “I have my tennis game.”

“Not a thing,” said Taylor.

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