by Paul Theroux · Pearson Education Limited · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781405876643
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«The Mosquito Coast» is the adventure novel by Paul Theroux, Level 4 of Pearson English Graded Readers, in paperback (72 pages, in English).
Allie Fox hates the United States and the twentieth century, so he decides to take his wife and children to the Honduran jungle to start a simpler life. However, his plan goes wrong and the family ends up living in a much harsher and more terrifying situation than the one they left behind.
It is Robin Waterfield's adaptation of Paul Theroux's original novel, in its second revised edition (2008), with text in contemporary American English.
Recommended for students of English as a foreign language who want to practise reading independently or in class.
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.
