Bibliograph

The Mosquito Coast, a novel, by Paul Theroux ; with woodcuts by David Frampton

Type

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The Mosquito Coast, a novel, by Paul Theroux ; with woodcuts by David Frampton

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The Mosquito Coast

Responsibility statement

by Paul Theroux ; with woodcuts by David Frampton

Sub title

a novel

Summary

Allie Fox, the brilliant and paranoid inventor takes his family to live in the Honduran jungle, determined to build a civilization better than the one they left. His utopian experiment takes a dark turn when his obsessions lead his family towards unimaginable danger

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