The Mosquito Coast - Softcover

Theroux, Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0618658963 ISBN 13: 9780618658961

Publisher: Mariner Books, 2006

Synopsis

Title: The Mosquito Coast <>Binding: Paperback <>Author: PaulTheroux <>Publisher: MarinerBooks

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From the Back Cover:

' "What kind of country is it that turns shoppers into traitors and honest men into liars? No one ever thinks of leaving this country. Charlie, I think of it every day." '

Allie Fox is sick of America and sick of humanity. Abandoning his home, he takes his family to live in the dense jungles of Honduras. An inventor, Allie is convinced there isn't a problem his mechanical genius can't solve and soon he is assembling the elements of a new, better world.

But Allie's Eden demands sacrifices - everyone must obey his rules and listen to his rants. As doubts creep in, so Allie heads deeper into the jungle and leads his family further into despair and darkness.

'An epic of paranoid obsession that swirls the reader headlong to deposit him on a black mudbank of horror' Guardian

About the Author:

PAUL THEROUX is the author of many highly acclaimed books. His novels include The Lower River 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 Cape Cod.

About this edition

• Publisher: Mariner Books
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0618658963
• ISBN 13: 9780618658961
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 374