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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Charles CummingPublisher: HarperCollins Publishers Imprint: HarperCollins Dimensions: Width: 12.90cm , Height: 3.10cm , Length: 19.80cm Weight: 0.310kg ISBN: 9780007487189ISBN 10: 0007487185 Pages: 464 Publication Date: 24 April 2014 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsPraise for Typhoon: 'Gripping, cleverly plotted, meticulously researched' Mail on Sunday 'Cumming gives us complex characters and a world-weariness that owe more to Smiley than Bond and mark him out as in the first rank of the new generation of espionage writers' The Times - Top 10 Thrillers of 2008 'If you read one spy novel this year, make it Typhoon' The London Paper 'A wholly compelling and sophisticated spy novel - vivid and disturbing - immaculately researched and full of harrowing contemporary relevance' William Boyd Praise for A Foreign Country: 'We are in Smiley country, but with extra 21st century nuance ... Cumming has an exquisite touch and we should treasure him' Daily Mail 'A thriller that has everything you could ask for - a twisty, sexy plot, topical themes, memorable characters and plentiful spy lore' Sunday Times, Books of the Year 'Refreshing, plausible and effective ... Best of all is the sheer pace of the narrative' Spectator 'You are likely to be up for most of the night to find out how this novel ends. It grips from the first page ... A fast-moving treat' The Scotsman Praise for Typhoon:`Gripping, cleverly plotted, meticulously researched' Mail on Sunday`Cumming gives us complex characters and a world-weariness that owe more to Smiley than Bond and mark him out as in the first rank of the new generation of espionage writers' The Times - Top 10 Thrillers of 2008`If you read one spy novel this year, make it Typhoon' The London Paper`A wholly compelling and sophisticated spy novel - vivid and disturbing - immaculately researched and full of harrowing contemporary relevance' William BoydPraise for A Foreign Country:`We are in Smiley country, but with extra 21st century nuance ... Cumming has an exquisite touch and we should treasure him' Daily Mail`A thriller that has everything you could ask for - a twisty, sexy plot, topical themes, memorable characters and plentiful spy lore' Sunday Times, Books of the Year`Refreshing, plausible and effective ... Best of all is the sheer pace of the narrative' Spectator`You are likely to be up for most of the night to find out how this novel ends. It grips from the first page ... A fast-moving treat' The Scotsman Author InformationAuthor Website: http://www.charlescumming.co.uk/Charles Cumming was born in Scotland in 1971. He was educated at Eton and graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 1994 with First Class Honours in English Literature. The Observer has described him as ""the best of the new generation of British spy writers who are taking over where John le Carré and Len Deighton left off"". In the summer of 1995, Charles was approached for recruitment by the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS). A year later he moved to Montreal where he began working on a novel based on his experiences with MI6. A Spy By Nature was published in the UK in 2001. Tab Content 6Author Website: http://www.charlescumming.co.uk/Countries AvailableAll regions |
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