The Beach
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Description
The Khao San Road, Bangkok - first stop for the hordes of rootless young Westerners traveling in Southeast Asia. On Richard's first night there, in a low-budget guest house, a fellow traveler slashes his wrists, bequeathing to Richard a meticulously drawn map to "the Beach."The Beach, as Richard has come to learn, is a subject of legend among young travelers in Asia: a lagoon hidden from the sea, with white sand and coral gardens, freshwater falls surrounded by jungle, plants untouched for a thousand years. There, it is rumored, a carefully selected international few have settled in a communal Eden.Haunted by the figure of Mr. Duck - the name by which the Thai police have identified the dead man - and by his own obsession with Vietnam movies, Richard sets off with a young French couple to an island hidden away in an archipelago forbidden to tourists. They discover the Beach, and it is as beautiful and idyllic as it is reputed to be. Yet over time it becomes clear that Beach culture, as Richard calls it, has troubling, even deadly, undercurrents.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Garland, A. (2005). The Beach . Penguin Publishing Group.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Garland, Alex. 2005. The Beach. Penguin Publishing Group.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Garland, Alex. The Beach Penguin Publishing Group, 2005.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Garland, A. (2005). The beach. Penguin Publishing Group.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Garland, Alex. The Beach Penguin Publishing Group, 2005.
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Copy Details
| Collection | Owned | Available | Number of Holds |
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| Libby | 1 | 0 | 2 |
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