num_pages: 238
description: A slightly mad environmentalist named Dr. Barbara takes over a Pacific atoll and creates a utopian community, which quickly becomes a less than ideal place. By the author of Empire of the Sun.
language: English
title: Rushing to Paradise
titlecomplete: Rushing to Paradise
genres: Literature, Fiction, Science Fiction, Contemporary, Dystopia, 20th Century, Utopia, British Literature, Novels, Environment
ratings_count: 826
publisher: Picador USA