Houghton Mifflin, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good DJ. First printing, near fine hardcover is tight and clean while showing some light shelf and trace wear, in very good dust jacket (price at flap) that shows exposure tomning along spine and spine edges of panbels, light rubbing and soil and edgewear that includes a couple of tiny chips and tears. 374 pages. Solid copy in jacket of this novel that "..is the spellbinding adventure story of a family that rejects its homeland and tries to find a happier and simpler life in the jungkles of Central America.

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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: Barker Books & Vintage (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 31421
Title: The Mosquito Coast
Author: Theroux, Paul
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine in Very Good DJ
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First edition
ISBN 10: 0395318378
ISBN 13: 9780395318379
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Place of Publication: Boston
Date Published: 1982
Keywords: Butte, Montana; Collectibles; Great Falls, Montana; Helena, Montana; Missoula, Montana; Rare Books ; Used Books;

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