内容简介
Inabreathtakingadventurestory,theparanoidandbrilliantinventorAllieFoxtakeshisfamilytoliveintheHonduranjungle,determinedtobuildacivilizationbetterthantheonethey'veleft.FleeingfromanAmericaheseesasmiredinmaterialismandconformity,hehopestorediscoverapurerlife.Buthisutopianexperimenttakesadarkturnwhenhisobsessionsleadthefamilytowardunimaginabledanger.
作者简介
PaulTherouxwasborninMedford,Massachusetts,in1941,andpublishedhisfirstnovel,Waldo,in1967.HissubsequentnovelsincludePicturePalace,winneroftheWhitbreadPrizeforFiction,TheMosquitoCoast,andthehugelyacclaimed,KowloonTong.HistravelbooksincludeTheGreatRailwayBazaarandThePillarsofHercules.