# The Beach

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- Authors: [Alex Garland](https://www.bookquiver.com/alex-garland)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2007-07-05
- Genres: Fiction: literary and general non-genre, Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Fiction in translation

## Description

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, and island Garden of Eden hidden somewhere in the scattered islands of a Thai marine park. The next morning, Richard finds a map pinned to his door, and the man who put it there has slashed his wrists. The challenge is irresistible, and Richard sets off on a perilous journey in search of Shangri-La.

## Editions

### The Beach

- Publisher: Penguin
- ISBN: 978-02-4197-656-2
- Pages: 464
- Published: 2016-07-07
- Language: en_GB

### The Beach

- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: audio
- Length: 11 h
- ISBN: 978-02-4197-602-9
- Published: 2016-07-07
- Language: en_GB

### The Beach

- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-01-4194-144-8
- Published: 2007-07-05
- Language: en_GB

### The Beach

- Publisher: Riverhead Books
- ISBN: 978-15-7322-652-3
- Pages: 448
- Published: 1998-02-01
- Language: en_US

## This book in other languages

- [Пляж](https://www.bookquiver.com/aleks-garlend/uk/pliazh) (uk_UA)