num_pages: 384
description: Allie Fox is going to re-create the world. Abominating the cops, crooks, junkies and scavengers of modern America, he abandons civilization 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.
language: English
title: The Mosquito Coast
titlecomplete: The Mosquito Coast
genres: Adventure, Classics, American, Travel, Novels, 20th Century, Literature, Contemporary, Literary Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 12407
places: Honduras
awards: awardedAt: 347184000000
name: James Tait Black Memorial Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 410256000000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Fiction (Hardcover)
publisher: Pengun