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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.
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ASIN : 0618658963
Publisher : Mariner Books Classics; Reprint edition (June 1, 2006)
Language : English
Paperback : 384 pages
ISBN-10 : 9780618658961
ISBN-13 : 978-0618658961
Reading age : 14 years and up
Lexile measure : 720
Item Weight : 12.8 ounces
Dimensions : 5.5 x 0.97 x 8.25 inches
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Customers find the book an enjoyable adventure story with a clever plot. They describe it as a lovely read with wonderful writing and excellent narration. The book explores themes of dogma, madness, and toxic masculinity in a thought-provoking way. Readers appreciate the well-developed characters and humor in the dialogue between children.
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