{
  "type": "edition",
  "site": {
    "name": "The Book Quiver",
    "language": "en-US",
    "url": "https://www.bookquiver.com"
  },
  "formats": "Every page has two versions with the same data: JSON (the page address + .json) and markdown (the page address + .md). Append .json or .md to any `url` in this document.",
  "title": "The Beach",
  "subtitle": null,
  "url": "https://www.bookquiver.com/alex-garland/the-beach/9780241976562",
  "publisher": "Penguin",
  "translators": [],
  "medium": "paper",
  "duration_seconds": null,
  "narrators": [],
  "illustrators": [],
  "cover_artists": [],
  "isbn": "978-02-4197-656-2",
  "pages": 464,
  "published": "2016-07-07",
  "language": "en_GB",
  "cover": "https://quivercdn.com/covers/penguin/alex-garland/the-beach_978-02-4197-656-2.jpg?v=2026-04-25%2016%3A38%3A17",
  "json": "https://www.bookquiver.com/alex-garland/the-beach/9780241976562.json",
  "markdown": "https://www.bookquiver.com/alex-garland/the-beach/9780241976562.md",
  "binding": "Softcover",
  "description": "The classic coming of age novel about paradise found - and lost. Backpacker Richard lands in East Asia in search of an earthly utopia. In Thailand, he is given a map promising an unknown island, a secluded beach - and a new way of life. What Richard finds when he gets there is breathtaking: more extraordinary, more frightening than his wildest dreams. But how long can paradise survive here on Earth? And what lengths will Richard go to in order to save it?",
  "book": {
    "title": "The Beach",
    "slug": "the-beach",
    "url": "https://www.bookquiver.com/alex-garland/the-beach"
  },
  "authors": [
    {
      "name": "Alex Garland",
      "slug": "alex-garland",
      "url": "https://www.bookquiver.com/alex-garland"
    }
  ]
}