The Mosquito Coast - Paul Theroux Reviews
Description:ISBN 0618658963 / Author: Paul Theroux / Genre: Fiction / Published by Penguin Books
Newest Review: ... he ups sticks and takes his family to live in the Honduran jungle. No hot and cold running water here, no doctor, no ... more
... schools but he makes the decision regardless. If you imagine a modern day Swiss Family Robinson in an environment of darkness and fear, you will know what's in store here. The writing is so powerful that you almost hold your breath as you wait to see how the family will cope with each event. Allie has a rather twisted kind of genius that keeps his family alive..but just alive. This has to be Paul Theroux's best adventure yet. ...more
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Paul Theroux The Mosquito Coast: Level 4 (Penguin Readers (Graded ... Contemporary / American English Allie Fox hates the United States ... Last Update 18.06.2013 03:58
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Paul Theroux The Mosquito Coast: A Novel Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin (T) Last Update 18.06.2013 03:58
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Allie Fox becomes very disillusioned with the twentieth century and the so-called civilized world. He doesn't want to be a part of it so he ups sticks and takes his family to live in the Honduran jungle. No hot and cold running water here, no doctor, no schools but he makes the decision regardless. If you imagine a modern day Swiss Family Robinson in an environment of darkness and fear, you will know what's in store here. The writing is so powerful that you almost hold your breath as you wait to see how the family will cope with each event. Allie has a rather twisted kind of genius that keeps his family alive..but just alive. ... Read the complete review
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