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Paul therouxs magnificent protagonist, allie fox, is the ultimate ameri can, who styles himself the vanishing american. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. Fox is a mass of contradictions, disdaining religion and american pop culture but refusing to buy foreign products. Inventor and handyman, atheistic bible scholar and allaround knowitall, allie has moved his wife and four. Read the mosquito coast by paul theroux available from rakuten kobo. Informed by the authors experiences traveling central america, as well as a number of literary works, including huckleberry finn, the novel follows teenager charlie fox and his brother, jerry.
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