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The Mosquito Coast by Theroux, Paul

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Condition
Good
A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket for hard covers may not be included. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing or tearing, minimal pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
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Binding
Paperback
Weight
0 lbs
Product Group
Book
IsTextBook
Yes
ISBN
0140060898
Book Title
Mosquito Coast
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Item Length
7.8 in
Edition
2
Publication Year
1996
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
1 in
Author
Paul Theroux
Genre
Fiction
Topic
Family Life, Literary
Item Weight
9.6 Oz
Item Width
5.1 in
Number of Pages
384 Pages

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0140060898
ISBN-13
9780140060898
eBay Product ID (ePID)
35093

Product Key Features

Edition
2
Book Title
Mosquito Coast
Number of Pages
384 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Family Life, Literary
Publication Year
1996
Genre
Fiction
Author
Paul Theroux
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
9.6 Oz
Item Length
7.8 in
Item Width
5.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
96-147929
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
20
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Synopsis
Allie Fox is going to re-create the world. Abominating the cops, crooks, junkies and scavengers of modern America, he abandons civilisation and takes the family to live in the Honduran jungle. There his tortured, messianic genius keeps them alive, his hoarse tirades harrying them through a diseased and dirty Eden towards unimaginable darkness., The Mosquito Coast - winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize - is a breathtaking novel about fanaticism and a futile search for utopia from bestseller Paul Theroux. Allie Fox is going to re-create the world. Abominating the cops, crooks, junkies and scavengers of modern America, he abandons civilisation and takes the family to live in the Honduran jungle. There his tortured, messianic genius keeps them alive, his hoarse tirades harrying them through a diseased and dirty Eden towards unimaginable darkness. 'Stunning. . . exciting, intelligent, meticulously realised, artful' Victoria Glendinning, Sunday Times 'An epic of paranoid obsession that swirls the reader headlong to deposit him on a black mudbank of horror' Christopher Wordsworth, Guardian 'Magnificently stimulating and exciting' Anthony Burgess American travel writer Paul Theroux is known for the rich descriptions of people and places that is often streaked with his distinctive sense of irony; his novels and collected short stories, My Other Life , The Collected Stories , My Secret History , The Lower River , The Stranger at the Palazzo d'Oro , A Dead Hand , Millroy the Magician , The Elephanta Suite , Saint Jack , The Consul's File , The Family Arsenal , and his works of non-fiction, including the iconic The Great Railway Bazaar are available from Penguin.
LC Classification Number
PS3570.H4M6 1982

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