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The Beach

Novel by Alex Garland about backpacking in Thailand

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Greig Cranfield
@1greigcranfield · Product Manager at Trade Me.
Absolutely loved this book. Awesome read for anyone but especially if you've been backpacking in Thailand. The book is about the want to experience something new and 'off the beaten track' yet ending up surrounded by Mcdonalds and Western tourists - something I really identified with in Thailand. When Richard, our English backpacker hears rumours of a secret… See more
Rolf Potts
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Set among backpack traveler cliques in Thailand, Garland's 1996 thriller was so gripping and cinematic that the 2000 movie adaptation (starring Leonard DiCaprio) seemed flat by comparison. And while The Beach is a tad too pulpy and pop-cultural to find a place in the literary pantheon, it is nonetheless a wicked satire that skewers the pretensions and self-d… See more