The Mosquito Coast
novel by Theroux
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Essential reading by Paul Theroux
A prolific writer of both travelogues and fiction, Theroux published nearly 60 books in his career.
The Mosquito Coast is a novel by American author Paul Theroux, published in 1982. The novel tells the story of an American inventor who attempts to establish an ideal community in the Honduran jungle. This region, known as the Mosquito Coast, is a geographical area in Central America bordering the Caribbean Sea, encompassing parts of eastern Honduras and Nicaragua. The area is named after the Miskito people who inhabit it. The novel was adapted into a film in 1986 and a television series in 2021.123
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