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The Mosquito Coast

The Mosquito Coast

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The Mosquito Coast

by Paul Theroux

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London: Hamish Hamilton. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1981. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Near fine book, no names or inscriptions, unopened, unread. Some foxing on the top and fore-edge, but internally clean. 2 newspaper cuttings laid in (placed in an acid free sleeve). Fine DJ, price clipped, small crease on front flyleaf, foxed line on rear flyleaf though outside of jkt. Jacket now in an protective acetate cover. Winner of several literary prizes, A classical saga of jungle adventure set on the Mosquito Coast in Central America & into the Honduras jungle, but also a story of the world in which we live and of its illusions. True First Edition, preceding the American edition, of the author's best novel. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 392 pages .

Synopsis

In a breathtaking adventure story, the paranoid and brilliant inventor Allie Fox takes his family to live in the Honduran jungle, determined to build a civilization better than the one they've left. Fleeing from an America he sees as mired in materialism and conformity, he hopes to rediscover a purer life. But his utopian experiment takes a dark turn when his obsessions lead the family toward unimaginable danger.

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Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
The Mosquito Coast
Author
Paul Theroux
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Near Fine in Fine dust jacket
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First Edition; First Printing
Publisher
Hamish Hamilton
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1981
Weight
0.00 lbs

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Price Clipped
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Fine
A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
Unopened
A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...
First Edition
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