About The Book
The Mosquito Coast
by Paul Theroux, Robin Waterfield
2006
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Description
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.
Details
- Title
- The Mosquito Coast
- Subtitle
- -
- Authors
- Paul Theroux, Robin Waterfield
- Publisher
- Mariner Books Classics
- Format
- paperback
- Published
- June 1, 2006
- Page Count
- 384
- Language
- English
- ISBN-13
- 9780618658961
- ISBN-10
- -
- Genres
- Foreign Language Study, Americans, Adventure, Classics, Dystopian, Fiction, General, Literary Fiction
- Weight
- 12.8 ounces
- Physical Dimensions
- 5.5 x 0.97 x 8.25 inches
- Adapted as
- The Mosquito Coast