The Mosquito Coast
by Paul Theroux
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Author: Paul TherouxEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2006-06-01
ISBN: 0618658963
Number of pages: 384
Publisher: Mariner Books
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Book Review: Riveting Novel By a Master
Summary: 5 Stars
This is easily the best thing I've read by Theroux, although I have some more to go. From start to finish, it is a riveting read. Its fascination lies in its ability to force you to look on in awe as a phenomenon unfolds throughout the book. Like viewing an auto accident happening in slow motion. Allie Fox is the accident happening in slow motion, and the backdrop is the jungle and the seaside of the fabled Mosquito Coast of Honduras, so wonderfully described by Theroux, a master wordsmith. All in all, this is truly a fascinating novel and, although from the first few pages you kinda know how it's all going to end, the journey is a memorable one.
Summary of The Mosquito Coast
In a breathtaking adventure story, the paranoid and brilliant inventor Allie Fox takes his family to live in the Honduran jungle, determined to build a civilization better than the one they've left. Fleeing from an America he sees as mired in materialism and conformity, he hopes to rediscover a purer life. But his utopian experiment takes a dark turn when his obsessions lead the family toward unimaginable danger.
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