The Beach (novel) only day-dream about". "The Beach" was made into a film in 2000, directed by Danny Boyle and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tilda Swinton, Robert Carlyle, Virginie Ledoyen and Guillaume Canet. The novel was at one point reportedly being considered for adaptation to a television series by "The Secret Circle" developer Andrew Miller. 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,
The Life (novel) "PT" (Peter Townend) and "Tink" bearing a resemblance to Wayne "Rabbit" Bartholomew. "The Guardian" wrote "If Winton is an aria, Knox is early Rolling Stones", ""The Life" confirms what "The Literary Review" has known all along – 'Knox is, quite simply, a fabulous writer.'" Christos Tsiolkas, author of the best selling novel "The Slap" wrote ""The Life", is alternately evocative and lacerating, tender and unflinching, a gloriously honest, brutal and moving story of a man who was at the top of his game and then pissed it all away". The Life (novel) The Life is a novel by the Australian