Spying inside the Embargoed Zone (aka the 'Easy') is expensive and hazardous, and the 'terrorist' double agent known as Cobra needs his wages in cash. But his down-at-the-heels spymaster from the occupying forces can only pay with an American-made, top-loading washing machine. When it turns out that this piece of clothes-washing technology is critical to the occupation, a frantic scramble to retrieve the sensitive hardware ensues. Packed with unforgettable characters--including a resourceful local teenage girl, an intrepid reporter navigating the Easy, an egotistical blogger with delusions of relevance, a hapless drone pilot, and at least one very unfortunate donkey--Toploader is a savage and hilarious indictment of occupation diplomacy.

Originally published: Great Britain, 2011.