by Paul Theroux · Penguin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140060898
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«The Mosquito Coast» is the adventure and contemporary fiction novel by Paul Theroux, published by Penguin in paperback (384 pages, in English).
Inventor Allie Fox despises American civilization and moves with his family to the Honduran jungle to found a new world. His talent for building allows them to survive, but his obsession with imposing his vision turns the jungle refuge into a nightmare.
The novel received the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, in the fiction category, and was a finalist for the National Book Award.
For readers of literary and adventure fiction with a taste for complex characters and oppressive atmospheres.
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.
