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PUBLISHED
New York : Riverhead Books, 1998
EDITION
First Riverhead trade paperback edition
DESCRIPTION
436 pages ; 21 cm
ISBN/ISSN
1573226521 (pbk.) :, 9781573226523 (pbk.), 1573226521 :
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
A young backpacker in Thailand searching for something different learns of the existence of an idyllic island which is not even on the map. The novel describes his jungle journey to reach the island where he discovers a secret commune of international drifters living off fish and pot. The man's arrival coincides with growing tension between factions, leading to the commune's violent demise. A first novel