For fans of Alex Garland's The Beach, a true story of out-of-control
travel "Leaving the blinding sand for the cool shade of the trees, I
walked carefully through the undergrowth to where Dave, using two twigs
as chopsticks, was picking up a freshly severed human finger . . . "
John's trip to India starts badly when his girlfriend, with whom he is
traveling, returns home. Left to his own devices, he soon finds himself
looking at the sharp end of a knife in a train station cubicle. But his
life is saved--and turned upside down--by Rick, an enigmatic fellow
traveler who persuades John to question his mundane plans for the
future, risking it all for much, much more. Fast forward to the Thai
island of Koh Pha-Ngan, where John, Rick, and their new friend Dave pose
as millionaire aristocrats in a hedonistic Eden of beautiful women, free
drugs, and wild beach parties. However, when they find themselves hotly
pursued by the Thai Mafia, they embark on adrenaline-fueled journeys to
Singapore, Indonesia, Australia, and Hong Kong, facing danger at every
turn. This is not travel writing for the faint of heart: this is an
unbelievable true story of the hunt for excess, at any cost.
