by Paul Theroux · Circulo De Lectores · tapa dura · ISBN 9788422618270
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«La costa de los mosquitos» is the adventure novel by Paul Theroux, published by Círculo de Lectores in hardback (381 pages, in Spanish).
Allie Fox, a brilliant inventor distrustful of consumer society, leaves the United States with his family to settle in the jungle of Honduras. There he tries to build a self-sufficient world, but his obsessive nature and growing authoritarianism end up endangering both his project and his loved ones.
Novel originally published as The Mosquito Coast in 1981. This Spanish edition includes the translation by Manuel Sáenz de Heredia and the introduction by Fernando Sánchez Dragó.
For readers of literary fiction and travel narrative; also for those who want to discover the novel that inspired the film by Peter Weir.
Paul Edward Theroux is an American novelist and travel writer who has written numerous books, including the travelogue The Great Railway Bazaar (1975). Some of his works of fiction have been adapted as feature films. He was awarded the 1981 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his novel The Mosquito Coast, which was adapted for the 1986 movie of the same name and the 2021 television series of the same name.
