The Beach by Alex Garland [TRADE PAPERBACK RE-PRINT] 1998 • Riverhead Books

The Beach by Alex Garland

TRADE PAPERBACK RE-PRINT[1998] RIVERHEAD BOOKS 

Later printing.   Like new and seemingly unread with trace shelf wear to cover.

The irresistible novel that was adapted into a major motion picture starring Leonardo DiCaprio.

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.