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The Mosquito Coast

By Paul Theroux
Series: Penguin Essentials
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The Mosquito Coast by Paul Theroux follows the journey of an idealistic inventor named Allie Fox, who becomes disillusioned with American society. He uproots his family to a remote part of Central America, hoping to create a utopian civilisation. As the isolated environment challenges his ambitions, tensions rise within the family, revealing the complexities of Allie's vision versus reality.
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This book may appeal to you if you enjoy stories about adventure, family dynamics, and the clash between idealism and reality. It follows a brilliant yet eccentric inventor who moves his family to Central America, seeking to escape modern society, only to face unforeseen challenges. Fans of thought-provoking narratives and vivid settings might find it particularly captivating.

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The Mosquito Coast

Allie Fox is going to re-create the world. Abominating the cops, crooks, junkies and scavengers of modern America, he abandons civilisation and takes the family to live in the Honduran jungle. There his tortured, messianic genius keeps them alive, his hoarse tirades harrying them through a diseased and dirty Eden towards unimaginable darkness.

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.

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The acclaimed novel from the author of The Great Railway Bazaar, published as a Penguin Essential for the first time.

Allie Fox is going to re-create the world. Abominating the cops, crooks, junkies, and scavengers of modern America, he abandons civilisation and takes the family to live in the Honduran jungle. There, his tortured, messianic genius keeps them alive, his hoarse tirades harrying them through a diseased and dirty Eden towards unimaginable darkness.

'An epic of paranoid obsession that swirls the reader headlong to deposit him on a mudbank of horror' - Christopher Wordsworth, Guardian.

Series: Penguin Essentials

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ISBN: 9780241973653

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 August 2015

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 23.0mm

Width: 112.0mm

Height: 181.0mm

Weight: 212g

Pages: 384

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About the Author

Paul Theroux was born in Medford, Massachusetts in 1941. He has written many works of fiction and travel writing, including The Last Train to Zona Verde, Dark Star Safari, Ghost Train to the Eastern Star, Riding the Iron Rooster, The Great Railway Bazaar, The Elephanta Suite, A Dead Hand, The Tao of Travel and The Lower River. The Mosquito Coast and Dr Slaughter have both been made into successful films. Paul Theroux divides his time between Cape Cod and the Hawaiian islands. His most recent work is Deep South, which is published by Hamish Hamilton.

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