The Beach
By Alex Garland
Categories: Literature & Fiction
The Beach is a 1996 novel by Alex Garland, who later wrote and directed Ex Machina. It was adapted into a 2000 film starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Richard, a young British backpacker in Bangkok, receives a map from a disturbed Scotsman showing a hidden beach in the Gulf of Thailand. He travels there with a French couple and finds a secret community of travelers living in paradise, until jealousy, violence, and secrets turn the paradise into a nightmare.
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