# The Beach

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- Book: [The Beach](https://www.bookquiver.com/alex-garland/the-beach) ([The Beach.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/alex-garland/the-beach.md))
- Authors: [Alex Garland](https://www.bookquiver.com/alex-garland)
- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-01-4194-144-8
- Published: 2007-07-05
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## 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.