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      CHARLES CUMMING

       Typhoon

       Copyright

      This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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      First published by Michael Joseph, Penguin Books, in 2008

      Copyright © Charles Cumming 2008

      Cover photographs © Nik Keevil/Arcangel Images (man); Shutterstock.com (background)

      Charles Cumming asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

      A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

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      Source ISBN: 9780007487189

      Ebook Edition © 2013 ISBN: 9780007487219

      Version: 2015-07-07

       For Iris and Stanley

       and

       to the memory of Pierce Loughran

       (1969-2005)

      Table of Contents

       Title Page

       Dedication

       Epigraph

       Map

       15. Underground

       16. Twilight

       17. Quid Pro Quo

       18. Maryland

       19. The Engagement

       20. Chinese Whispers

       21. Chen

       22. Dinner for Two

       23. Wui Gwai

       24. Handover

       Part Two: London 2004

       25. Not Quite the Diplomat

       26. Chinatown

       27. Water Under the Bridge

       28. Retread

       29. The Backstop

       Part Three: Shanghai 2005

       30. The Paris of Asia

       31. Tourism

       32. Sleeper

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