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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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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Good. Pages are clean! The dust jacket shows normal wear and tear. The dust jacket has stickers or sticker residue on it. Fast Shipping-Each order powers our free bookstore in Chicago and sending books to Africa!
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Good. Hardcover This item shows wear from consistent use but remains in good readable condition. It may have marks on or in it, and may show other signs of previous use or shelf wear. May have minor creases or signs of wear on dust jacket. Packed with care, shipped promptly.
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Very Good in Good jacket. Size: 10x6x1; Fourth printing. The binding is tight, corners gently rubbed. A few pages have small dog ears. Text unmarked. The dust jacket shows light wear and tear to edges, price clipped and spine sunned, in a mylar cover. 8vo. 374pp.
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Frampton, David. Very Good in Very Good jacket. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1982. 1st printing. Square and unmarked copy in quarter cloth binding. 374pp. Unclipped jacket is shelf rubbed, with sunned spine. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Frampton, David. 8vo-8"-9" Tall.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Inscribed by Author(s) 1st Printing. pp. 374. 1982 Houghton Mifflin First/First **SIGNED & INSCRIBED** on ffep & in F/F condition. The basis of 1986 Harrison Ford movie with Helen Mirren and River Phoenix, directed by Peter Weir with the screenplay written by Paul Shrader. Now a seven-part movie on Apple TV+, starring nephew Justin Theroux. BONUS: Theroux's1968 second novel "Fong and the Indians." An ex-library first edition in fine condition (without a dust jacket).
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Signed. First Edition. First american edition. Signed and inscribed to Betty on half title page. Slight chipping to DJ, some light edgewear. Slight sunning on edges of boards. Pages clean and binding sound.
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This item shows signs of wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact, but may have aesthetic issues such as small tears, bends, scratches, and scuffs. Spine may also show signs of wear. Pages may include some notes and highlighting. May include "From the library of" labels. Satisfaction Guaranteed.
The Mosquito Coast is a powerful, thought- and discussion-provoking book about a dreamer-iconoclast who uproots his family from a tame life in America in order to discover, nay, create a utopia elsewhere. But as the book's quirky "hero" finds out all too well, you can run but you cannot hide from the evil that fills the human heart. Both the book and the film (starring Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren) are highly recommended.
teach2learn
Jul 21, 2011
Fascinating Story
I enjoyed both the book AND the movie (with Harrison Ford), though the main character was far less likeable in the written version.