The Mosquito Coast a novel

The paranoid and brilliant inventor Allie Fox takes his family to live in the Honduran jungle, determined to build a civilization better than the one they've left. Fleeing from an America he sees as mired in materialism and conformity, he hopes to rediscover a purer life. But his utopian experiment...

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Main Author: Theroux, Paul (Author)
Format: Downloads eBook Books eBook
Language:English
Published: 2006.
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Online Access:Go to Downloadable eBook Here.
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