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Paul Therouxs Yankee Crusoe
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Though any discerning reader of Paul Therouxs novels and travel books recognizes that he is a writer who commands language with admirable intelligence and grace, it may be less evident that his writing is much more than sophisticated entertainment. ...
My belief that Therouxs talent is indeed considerable is strengthened by his fine new novel, The Mosquito Coast. ... Robinson Crusoe, The Swiss Family Robinson, Heart of Darkness, Lord of the Flies, Walden, Moby Dick, Huckleberry Finn - the list is almost embarrassingly long. ...
The Mosquito Coast is the story of Allie Fox, a Yankee genius, a Maine-born Harvard dropout, a self-taught engineer and inventor, a rejector of God and the American Way and all other sources of bad workmanship, a born counterculturalist and survivalist who nevertheless feels nothing but scorn for those canting new creeds. ... Your average Crusoe castaway lives like a monkey. ...
Therouxs book, I should hastily say, doesnt force us into these deep waters.
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Title: Paul Therouxs Yankee Crusoe
Words: 1731
Rating: None
Pages: 6.9
submitted by: stevelias
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