Rate this book

Typhoon (2008)

by Charles Cumming(Favorite Author)

3.71 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0718147367 (ISBN13: 9780718147365)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Michael Joseph

review 1: A great read. But I am biased. The book is set primarily in Hong Kong and Shanghai, and, so, knowing both of those cities well, I am biased. Especially in Hong Kong, I remembered many of the locations in the book from when I lived there, and Cumming captured the atmosphere in both cities very nicely. Even apart from by bias, the characters are interesting and you care about them, and the plot is intricate, unpredictable, and frighteningly plausible. One need not know HK or Shanghai to enjoy this book. This is well-done all-around and is a terrific spy novel with an Asian backdrop and flair. I definitely recommend to those interested in the espionage genre, especially in Asia.
review 2: I loved this book. I got it out of the library because it was one of the NY... moreT 50 best books of last year that sounded like I would like it, and the library had--it is actually more of a thriller-spy novel than a straight ahead fiction novel--so perfect for my plane rise into Lake Tahoe--finished it before the plane left Denver, actually. Great main character, unlikable American spy who gets the girl and we all feel bad about that, but she probably would have distracted our hero from the job at hand. It was a pleasant story very well written--not high falluting stuff but vedry good and highly recommended. less

Download links for: Typhoon

Advertising