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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 wrists, bequeathing to Richard a meticulously drawn map to "the Beach." The Beach, as... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Richard: young british tourist, looking for adventure in the mundane world of travel; decides to go off in search of a mythical perfect beach
- Daffy: drug addicted traveller who speaks of a mythical perfect beach community
- Francoise: young beautiful french tourist who accompanies richard in search of mythical perfect beach; girlfriend of Etienne
- Etienne: young handsome french tourist who accompanies richard in search of mythical perfect beach; boyfriend of Francoise
- Sal: leader of the beach community
- Keaty: a member of the beach community that richard befriends
- Mister Duck: Add a description of this character.
- Jed: an adventurous member of the beach community who sal allows to do "whatever he wants"
- Karl
- Sammy
- Gregorio
- Koh Phangan
- Jesse
- Jean
- Sten
- Christo
- Cassie
- Moshe
- Ella
- Zeph
- Koh Samui
- Unhygienix
- Koh Angthong
- Ryu
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The first I heard of the beach was in Bangkok, on the Ko Sanh Road.
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read. (authoritative list)
This is book 103 of 196 in BBC 'Big Read' Top 200 Novels, 2003. (authoritative list)
Preceded by Small Gods, and followed by Dracula.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Alex Garland (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Penguin
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Date: 1996
ISBN: 9780140258417
Page Count: 439
Publisher: Penguin
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Date: 1996
ISBN: 9780140258417
Page Count: 439
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- Dewey: 823.914
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