The Mosquito Coast
by Paul Theroux
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0395318378
- ISBN 13
- 9780395318379
- Seller
-
Carrollton, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1982. SIGNED. NF/NF. First Edition. First printing with number line ending in 1. Signed by Paul Theroux on the front endpaper. The book is tight with solid hinges, good tips, and clean boards. Faint dust marks to top fore-edges and light crease to spine head. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. The dust jacket is unclipped ($13.95) with light sun fading to the spine. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 269 pages. 6¼ x 9¼"
A paranoid and brilliant inventor 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 turns dark when his obsessions lead the family toward unimaginable danger.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Armadillo Alley Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4588
- Title
- The Mosquito Coast
- Author
- Paul Theroux
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition / First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0395318378
- ISBN 13
- 9780395318379
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- This edition first published
- May 1984
- Pages
- 269
- Size
- 6.25 x 9.25
- Keywords
- classic, adventure, travel, book to movie, Honduras
- Bookseller catalogs
- Signed Books; First Edition;
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