The Mosquito Coast - Paul Theroux
epub | 11.33 MB | English| Isbn:9780547525174 | Author: Paul Theroux | Year: 2006
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AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • "A gripping adventure story."—New York Times Book Review
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.
AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • "A gripping adventure story."—New York Times Book Review
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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