--- product_id: 17132879 title: "Typhoon: A Novel" brand: "charles cumming" price: "$50.76" currency: USD in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.us/products/17132879-typhoon-a-novel store_origin: US region: United States of America --- # Typhoon: A Novel **Brand:** charles cumming **Price:** $50.76 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Typhoon: A Novel by charles cumming - **How much does it cost?** $50.76 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.us](https://www.desertcart.us/products/17132879-typhoon-a-novel) ## Best For - charles cumming enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted charles cumming brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Typhoon: A Novel ## Images ![Typhoon: A Novel - Image 1](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/511te03BOtL.jpg) ![Typhoon: A Novel - Image 2](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51nCxmDEiXL.jpg) ![Typhoon: A Novel - Image 3](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/31LkoUJBVYL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Sophisticated, Well-written SpyFi for Old China Hands. *by J***N on Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2013* Sophisticated, Well-written SpyFi for Old China Hands.Charles Cumming. 'Typhoon'. Spies lie, cheat, steal, and occasionally kill. Yet we ascribe considerable moral stature to them, particularly (but not exclusively) in wartime. Joe Lennox is recruited by SIS, which used to be MI6 when I was in short pants and reading Buchan. He covers a lot of ground between Hong Kong, Shanghai and Beijing uncovering and then trying to disable a CIA 'loose cannon' team's plot to exploit western China's Muslim unrest. His friend and nemesis is Miles Coolidge, amoral but realistic as his CIA counterpart. There's lots of midnight meetings, coded messages, and quite believable fieldcraft. Not to mention bangs, blood and guts along the way. And cynicism and stiff upper lips. Widely tipped as 'The New LeCarre', Cumming's undeniable appeal is perhaps a little different. His main focus seems to be what it means to be living a lie, what kind of person do you have to be to be 'an honest man sent abroad to lie for his country', to mildly distort Henry Wotton's phrase. It's perhaps a sign of Cunningham's success in doing this that he ultimately fails to convince. It's hard for us to understand just how spies do live with themselves? Joe worries about this (well, a little bit); Miles doesn't. But Coolidge is ultimately the more interesting character: and just possibly the more noble. Cumming has written six books; I've already read four. He's good; don't miss him! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ China as everyone's mistress *by M***R on Reviewed in the United States on February 2, 2017* Playful, nostalgia for my youth. Mournful, restless, moral and reprehensible. So very, very real. Amid a compelling tale of high grade espionage, in the venue of the Far East so infrequently crafted into the hills and valleys of prose in a modern novel, the affairs of the heart in this book really moved me. I chalk it up to great writing. And while there could have so many endings, Cumming delivered the only real choice. ### ⭐⭐ less a spy novel than a trite & tedious love story *by P***L on Reviewed in the United States on August 9, 2020* Starts off as a spy novel but quickly becomes a very tedious and trite love story filled with cliches about uninteresting and very unrealistic people. I held out as long as i could stand it. Then i started skipping paragraphs. When I skipped two chapters, I decided to return the book to amazon Kindle. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.us/products/17132879-typhoon-a-novel](https://www.desertcart.us/products/17132879-typhoon-a-novel) --- *Product available on Desertcart United States of America* *Store origin: US* *Last updated: 2026-04-23*