The Mosquito Coast, Paperback/Paul Theroux

Allie Fox is going to re-create the world. Abominating the cops, crooks, junkies and scavengers of modern America, he abandons civilisation and takes the family to live in the Honduran jungle. There his tortured, messianic genius keeps them alive, his hoarse tirades harrying them through a diseased and dirty Eden towards unimaginable darkness. Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Author(s): Paul Theroux Number of pages: 384 Publication date: 1982 Dimensions: 196 x 129 x 26 Cover type: Paperback / softback