The Mosquito Coast

The Mosquito Coast

by Paul Theroux
The Mosquito Coast

The Mosquito Coast

by Paul Theroux

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“An Impressive and disturbing vision of the American psyche.”—Washington Post Book World

From legendary writer Paul Theroux, an international bestseller that is a spellbinding adventure story of an American family that rejects its homeland and tries to find a happier life in the jungles of Central America.

The paranoid and brilliant inventor Allie Fox uproots his family from their New England farm to live in the Honduran jungle, determined to build a civilization better than the one they've left. An individualist, Allie sees modern America as wasteful, immoral, and messy. Fleeing from materialism and conformity, he hopes to rediscover a purer life.

Told by fourteen-year-old Charlie Fox, who observes his father with a mixture of love, astonishment, and ultimately horror, The Mosquito Coast is a twisted Swiss Family Robinson or an ironic take on Robinson Crusoe. For as Allie becomes ever more lost to reality, this utopian experiment takes a dark turn as his obsessions lead the family toward unimaginable danger.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780618658961
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication date: 06/01/2006
Edition description: Reprint
Pages: 384
Sales rank: 431,461
Product dimensions: 5.30(w) x 8.10(h) x 0.90(d)
Lexile: 720L (what's this?)
Age Range: 14 - 18 Years

About the Author

About The Author
PAUL THEROUX is the author of many highly acclaimed books. His novels include The Bad Angel Brothers, The Lower RiverJungle Lovers, and The Mosquito Coast, and his renowned travel books include Ghost Train to the Eastern Star and Dark Star Safari. He lives in Hawaii and on Cape Cod.

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