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The Khao San Road, Bangkok—first stop on the backpacker trail. On Richard's first night there a fellow traveller slits his wrists, leaving Richard a map to "the Beach". The Beach is a legend among young travellers in Asia: white as sands circling a lagoon hidden from the sea, coral gardens and freshwater falls surrounded by jungle. In this earthly paradise, it is rumoured, a select community lives in blissful innocence. For Richard, haunted by the glamour of Vietnam war movies, a trek into unknown Thai territory is irresistible. He was looking for adventure. Now he’s found it.
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The Beach, Alex Garland
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- Released
- 2001
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- Title
- The Beach
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Alex Garland
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Released
- 2001
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0141007826
- ISBN13
- 9780141007823
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Travel, Adventure, Thriller, Contemporary Fiction, Suspense, Society, English Literature, Adapted for Film, Asia, Journey, Nordic Noir, Summer, Islands, Danger, Iceland, Beaches, Thailand, Matriarchy
- First published
- 1996
- Original title
- The Beach
- Rating
- 3.95 out of 5
- Description
- The Khao San Road, Bangkok—first stop on the backpacker trail. On Richard's first night there a fellow traveller slits his wrists, leaving Richard a map to "the Beach". The Beach is a legend among young travellers in Asia: white as sands circling a lagoon hidden from the sea, coral gardens and freshwater falls surrounded by jungle. In this earthly paradise, it is rumoured, a select community lives in blissful innocence. For Richard, haunted by the glamour of Vietnam war movies, a trek into unknown Thai territory is irresistible. He was looking for adventure. Now he’s found it.