The Beach

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The Beach

Author : Alex Garland

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Highlights

English

Language

New ed

Edition

448

Pages

9780140258417

ISBN-13

0140258417

ISBN-10

Faber And Faber Penguin India

Publisher

176 mm

Height

110 mm

Width

31 mm

Thickness

Paperback

Binding

Description

The Khao San Road, Bangkok - first stop on the backpacker trail. On Richards 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 The Khao San Road, Bangkok - first stop on the backpacker trail. On Richards 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.