The Mosquito Coast
novel by Theroux
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discussed in biography
- In Paul Theroux: The Great Railway Bazaar and The Mosquito Coast
The Mosquito Coast, one of his best-known novels, is about an American inventor who attempts to create an ideal community in the Honduran jungle. In 1986 it was adapted into a film directed by Peter Weir and starring Harrison Ford, Helen Mirren, and River Phoenix,…
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