by Paul Theroux · Tusquets Editores S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788472232129
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«La costa de los mosquitos» is the adventure novel by Paul Theroux, published by Tusquets Editores S.A. in paperback (382 pages, in Spanish).
Allie Fox, a brilliant and authoritarian inventor, abhors consumer society and drags his family into the Honduran jungle to found a new civilization. Told by his son, the dream becomes a nightmare: the jungle and Allie's fanaticism destroy everything, in a story about obsession and ideals.
It belongs to the Andanzas collection (no. 12), with a translation by Manuel Sáenz de Heredia. The work was originally published in 1981 under the title The Mosquito Coast.
For readers of contemporary fiction and adventure novels interested in survival stories, obsessive characters, and social criticism.
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.
