num_pages: 448
description: The Khao San Road, Bangkok—first stop on the backpacker trail. On Richard's first night there a fellow traveller slits his wrists, leaving Richard a map to "the Beach".The Beach is a legend among young travellers in white as sands circling a lagoon hidden from the sea, coral gardens and freshwater falls surrounded by jungle. In this earthly paradise, it is rumoured, a select community lives in blissful innocence. For Richard, haunted by the glamour of Vietnam war movies, a trek into unknown Thai territory is irresistible. He was looking for adventure. Now he’s found it.
language: English
title: The Beach
titlecomplete: The Beach
genres: Fiction, Adventure, Asia, Mystery, Thriller, Mystery Thriller, Classics, Novels, Travel, Contemporary
ratings_count: 85245
places: Thailand, Bangkok
awards: awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Betty Trask Award
publisher: Penguin Books Ltd