' The most effective endings lead us to think again about what we have finished reading,' this is a true statement of the novel Mosquito Coast by Paul Theroux, as the ending is imperative to actually push the point of the novel. Paul Theroux masterminds the novel by leaving it to the very end to let the reader fully understand Allie Fox's character and personality. Throughout the novel Allie is constantly under Theroux's microscope. The reader is getting information and shreds of evidence constantly, to help determine Allies character for themselves. Half of the time believing him to be how Allie sees himself, as a saviour for his family, and the rest, a genius warped by insanity. Ther