Alex Garland | The Beach
- The Khao San Road, Bangkok - first stop on the backpacker trail. On Richard's first night there a fellow traveler slits his wrists, leaving Richard a map to "the Beach".The Beach is a legend among young travelers 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 rumored, a select community lives in blissful innocence. For Richard, haunted by the glamor of Vietnam war movies, a trek into unknown Thai territory is irresistible. He was looking for adventure. Now he's found it.
- • Language: English
• Format: 11 x 17 cm
• Volume: 448 pages
• Covers: paperback
• Year of issue: 1997.