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Complete alphabetical listing of directory topics: Alex Garland
Man, oh manifesto!
A brash band of young writers issues a screed against "dinosaur" authors and calls for a return to storytelling.
Beach nut
An interview with Alex Garland, bestselling and occasionally controversial author of "The Beach."
"The Beach"
No phone, no lights, no motorcar -- not a single luxury! Leonardo DiCaprio and the "Trainspotting" creators can't rescue Alex Garland's trouble-in-paradise bestseller from trite moralizing.
A good man is hard to write
Hemingway-tough or Fitzgerald-sensitive? Today's novelists scramble for a masculinity that doesn't seem fake.
Backstage on "The Beach"
A backpacker's quest to storm Leonardo DiCaprio's movie set ends in an epiphany that won't play in Peoria.
Storming 'The Beach'
When he tries to infiltrate a movie set on a heavily guarded Thai island, Rolf Potts embarks on a rollicking post-modern travel adventure, somewhat starring Leonardo DiCaprio.
"Bitch"
"Bitch" is an excerpt from Alex Garland's novel "The Beach".
Bad juju in Paradise
Alex Garland's astonishing first novel echoes "Dog Soldiers" and "Lord of the Flies" in its discovery of the hell that lurks in paradise.
Beach Boy
26-year-old Alex Garland, author of the harrowing novel "The Beach," talks about the quest for mystery in a world that's too well known. Complete alphabetical listing of directory topics: |
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