Charlie Dickinson "Losing Laika" PDF

Losing Laika is a Cold War novel. On May 1, 1960, Petró Kravets and colleague Ivan arrive at the crash of the American U-2 spy plane. Experienced optics technicians, they remove the camera. Above all, their work carries on their late fathers' legacy of defending the Motherland.

Petró believes Soviet technology, from Sputnik-1 on, triumphs. And in the Cold War competition with America, the Soviet people hold their own. He hopes a better future awaits his toddler son Andrei. Covering half a century, Losing Laika is an engaging portrayal of a Soviet Everyman and his life and what followed.