The Beach, Garland, Alex. Published by Riverhead Books, New York 1997. First US Edition. 8vo up to 9½” tall., 371pp. Quarter black cloth over purple embossed boards, purple gilt spine titles, black endpapers. In fine condition without marks, tears of folds housed in a likewise fine unclipped dustjacket. The Beach was Garland’s first novel and attained a bit of a cult status. “Spellbinding and hallucinogenic”. It was made into a film in 2000 under the…
The Beach, Garland, Alex. Published by Riverhead Books, New York 1997. First US Edition. 8vo up to 9½ tall., 371pp. Quarter black cloth over purple embossed boards, purple gilt spine titles, black endpapers. In fine condition without marks, tears of folds housed in a likewise fine unclipped dustjacket. The Beach was Garland’s first novel and attained a bit of a cult status. “Spellbinding and hallucinogenic”. It was made into a film in 2000 under the same title, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and directed by Danny Boyle.

The Beach by Alex Garland, Paperback

The Beach book by Alex Garland

Paperback copy of The Beach. 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.