The Beach

Bangkok - first stop on the backpacker trail. On Richard's first night in a hostel a mysterious traveller slits his own wrists, leaving Richard a map to 'the Beach'. The Beach is a legend among young travellers in Thailand: a secret Island Paradise where a select community lives in blissful isolation. Richard sets out in search of adventure, but finds that the Beach is not what it seems. 'The Beach is fresh, fast-paced, compulsive and clever ... it has all the makings of a cult classic' Nick Hornby 'Superb ... a drug-fuelled tale of apocalypse in paradise' Guardian 'The Beach is that rare thing - a smart, intelligent, modern book which is also a page-turner' Helen Fielding, Daily Telegraph 'Winningly compulsive ... brilliantly conceived' Q