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The Beach by Alex Garland
Category: Fiction
This is a classic story of paradise found - and lost. Richard lands in East Asia in search of an earthly utopia. In Thailand, he is given a map promising an unknown island, a secluded beach - and a new way of life. What Richard finds when he gets there is breathtaking: more extraordinary, more frighteni ...Show more
The Beach by Alex Garland
Category: Fiction | Series: Popular Penguins
The irresistible novel that was adapted into a major motion picture starring Leonardo DiCaprio. The Khao San Road, Bangkok -- first stop for the hordes of rootless young Westerners traveling in Southeast Asia. On Richard's first night there, in a low-budget guest house, a fellow traveler slashes his w ...Show more
The Beach by Alex Garland
Category: Fiction
The irresistible novel that was adapted into a major motion picture starring Leonardo DiCaprio. The Khao San Road, Bangkok -- first stop for the hordes of rootless young Westerners traveling in Southeast Asia. On Richard's first night there, in a low-budget guest house, a fellow traveler slashes his wr ...Show more
The Beach by Alex Garland
Category: Fiction
Late at night in a seedy hotel, Richard is drawn into a strange conversation with a fellow guest. Through a narrow strip of mosquito netting he hears for the first time of a secret beach, an island Garden of Eden, hidden somewhere in the scattered islands of a Thai marine park. The next morning, Richard ...Show more
The Coma by Alex Garland
Category: Classics
From the internationally-renowned author of The Beach, a gripping mystery and stylistic tour de force.The Coma delves into the subconscious mind, with brilliantly disturbing results.A young man is brutally assaulted late at night on an Underground train by a gang of thugs. Beaten unconscious, he lies fo ...Show more
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