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The Mosquito Coast

The Mosquito Coast

by Paul Theroux

  • LITERATURE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 384 PAGES

A taught psychological tale of a man who abandons civilization for the wilds of Honduras (much better than the movie!). Allie Fox defeats the mosquitoes, tames the river and swamp, and sets out to build an iceberg -- mostly as a monument to himself.  (CAM34, $14.95)


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