The Beach (novel) The Beach (novel) The Beach is a 1996 novel by English author Alex Garland. Set in Thailand, it is the story of a young backpacker's search for a legendary, idyllic and isolated beach untouched by tourism, and his time there in its small, international community of backpackers. In 2000, it was adapted into a film directed by Danny Boyle and starring Leonardo DiCaprio. In 2003, the novel was listed on the BBC's survey The Big Read. In a cheap hotel on the Khao San Road in Bangkok, Richard, a young American backpacker, meets a mentally disturbed Scotsman going by the
The Who Tour 1996–1997 1989 at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles. The 1996–1997 segment includes a complete performance of "Quadrophenia", plus encores of "Won't Get Fooled Again", "Substitute", "I Can't Explain", "The Kids Are Alright", "Behind Blue Eyes", and "Who Are You". The date(s) of the performances are not listed, but the songs from the encore segment match those performed on the latter part of the 1997 North American tour. (The first four encore numbers come from the very last show of the tour in West Palm Beach on 16 August 1997; the latter two are from the concert in Dayton, 4 November