num_pages: 384
description: Allie Fox was going to re-create the world.Abominating the cops, crooks, scavengers and funny-bunnies of the twentieth century, he abandons civilization and takes the family to live in the Honduran jungle. There his tortured, quixotic genius keeps them alive, his hoarse tirades harrying them through a diseased and dirty Eden towards unimaginable darkness and terror.
language: English
title: The Mosquito Coast
titlecomplete: The Mosquito Coast
genres: Fiction, American, Adventure, Literature, Classics, Novels, Travel, Contemporary, 20th Century, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 12410
places: Honduras
awards: awardedAt: 347184000000
name: James Tait Black Memorial Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 410256000000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Fiction (Hardcover)
publisher: Penguin Group USA