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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... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Mr. Haddy: Add a description of this character.
- Jerry
- Jeronimo
- Charlie Fox
- Emily Spellgood
- Tiny Polski
- Mrs. Maywit
- Gurney Spellgood
- Francis Lungley
- Drainy
- Allie
- Mr. Fox
- Mr. Weerwilly
- Gowdy
- Mr. Semper
- Mrs. Flora Kennywick
- Alice Maywit
- Zambus
- Mr. Peaselee
- Mr. Harkins
- Ma Kennywick
- Trujillo
- Guampu
- Fred
- Mr. Bummick
- Bucky Smart
- Mr. Struss
- Hatfield
- Fadden
- Brewer
- Maywits
- Gaw
- Karl
- Mr. Torch
- Spider Mooney
- Mr. Maywit
- Leon Maywit
- Sam
- Ma Polski
- Tosco
- Mother
- Miss Barsotti
- Jeedoof
- Dan Beavers
- AMBROSE SMALLS
- Mr. Eubie
- Childers
- Clover
- John Dixon
- Andrew Hock
- Jack Azanow
- Frank Hock
- Deena
- Bob
- Ellis Hock
First Sentence edit
WE DROVE past Tiny Polski's mansion house to the main road, and then the five miles into Northampton, Father talking the whole way about savages and the awfulness of America - how it got turned into a dope-taking, door-locking, ulcerated danger zone of rabid scavengers and criminal millionaires and moral sneaks.
Table of Contents edit
Part One: Banana Boat
Part Two: The Ice-House at Jeronimo
Part Three: Brewer's Lagoon
Part Four: Up the Patuca
Part Five: The Mosquito Coast
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Anthony Burgess's Ninety-Nine Novels: The Best in English since 1939 - A Personal Choice. (community list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Paul Theroux (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton
Country: UK
Publication Date: 1981
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: 377
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton
Country: UK
Publication Date: 1981
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: 377
Awards edit
- James Tait Black Memorial Prize (1981: Fiction)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
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Movie Connections edit
- The Mosquito Coast (IMDb): 1986 film directed by Peter Weir and starring Harrison Ford, River Phoenix, Helen Mirren and Martha Plimpton.
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