The Beach

The 25th anniversary edition of The Beach, a classic story of paradise found – and lost, the book that inspired the major film starring Leonardo DiCaprioRichard 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?