The Beach Dublin Literary Award Nominee for Shortlist (2002) From a thinker who always

From a thinker who always chose to exalt the positive in the human species

Author: John W

Under the sultan's autocratic regime

The past has also been called upon to explain the nature of our destiny in order both to strengthen the objectives of society and to reconcile us to our lot

The Beach Dublin Literary Award Nominee for Shortlist (2002) From a thinker who alwaysThe Khao San Road, Bangkokfirst 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 Asia: 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