For customers outside the us, please call 14047288787. The beach is a 1996 novel by english author alex garland. The story is related by richard through first person. What makes this a truly satisfying novel is the number of levels on which it operates. On the beach, nevil shute, ballantine, 1980, 278 pp. Its a crazy story about a family trip to the beach. Our affection for the characters has not dimmed through the more than 20 books and several decades during which leon has been telling their stories.
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