The Mosquito Coast (Masterplots II: American Fiction Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Paul Theroux
- First Published: 1981
- Type of Plot: Dystopian
- Time of Work: The 1980’s
- Setting: Honduras
- Principal Characters: Charlie Fox, Allie Fox (Father), Mother, Jerry, Mr. Haddy
- Genres: Long fiction, Dystopian fiction
- Subjects: Family or family life, Parents and children, Twentieth century, God, Fathers, Fate or fatalism
- Locales: Honduras
The Novel
Nothing about twentieth century America pleases Allie Fox. This ingenious Harvard University dropout-turned-handyman is sickened by all he sees around him: fast food, pornography, drugs, pollution, television, violence, and shoddy, overpriced merchandise. Through the eyes of his thirteen-year old son Charlie, the novel’s narrator, readers realize that if the world would only run according to this self-taught Yankee engineer’s parameters and specifications, everything would be perfect. In Father’s estimation, America is going belly-up—the end of the world is...
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