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The Beach by Alex Garland [FIRST PAPERBACK PRINTING / 1997]
The Beach by Alex Garland
FIRST TRADE PAPERBACK PRINTING [1997] RIVERHEAD BOOKS
XL trade paperback. Book is in excellent condition. Light cover wear. Reads like new.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.