# 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
- ISBN: 978-02-4197-656-2
- Pages: 464
- Published: 2016-07-07
- Language: en_GB
- 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?