Alex Garland

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January 01, 1970 in The United Kingdom

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Alex Garland (born 1970) is a British novelist and screenwriter.

Garland is the son of political cartoonist Nick (Nicholas) Garland. He attended the independent University College School, in Hampstead, London, and the University of Manchester, where he studied art history.

His first novel, The Beach, was published in 1996 and drew on his experiences as a backpacker. The novel quickly became a cult classic and was made into a film by Danny Boyle, with Leonardo DiCaprio.

The Tesseract, Garland's second novel, was published in 1998. This was also made into a film, starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers. In 2003, he wrote the screenplay for Danny Boyle's 28 Days Later, starring Cillian Murphy. His third novel, The Coma, was published in 2004 and was illust...more

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Average rating: 3.70 · 20,651 ratings · 1,230 reviews · 10 distinct works

	The Beach 3.82 avg rating — 16,439 ratings — published 1996 — 54 editions	My rating:
	The Tesseract 3.22 avg rating — 2,029 ratings — published 1999 — 20 editions	My rating:
	The Coma 3.16 avg rating — 1,779 ratings — published 2005 — 16 editions	My rating:
	28 Days Later 3.97 avg rating — 183 ratings — published 2003	My rating:
	Sunshine 4.07 avg rating — 90 ratings — published 2007	My rating:
	The Weekenders: Travels In The Heart Of Africa 3.31 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2001	My rating:
	Never Let Me Go: The Screenplay 3.77 avg rating — 31 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Island 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2008	My rating:
	I Nuovi Puritani by Alex Garland, M. Thorne (Redattore), V. Raimondi (Traduttore) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2002	My rating:
	Am Sandstrand: Das Grosse Ferienlesebuch by Minette Walters, Alex Garland, Ruth Rendell 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2000	My rating:

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28 Days Later (Movie) (2 books)
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“Though I walk through the valley of death I will fear no evil, for I am the evilest motherfucker in the valley”
― Alex Garland

tags: alex , garland , horror , the-beach

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“I carry a lot of scars. I like the way that sounds. I carry a LOT of scars.”
― Alex Garland

tags: life , the-beach

21 people liked it

“There's this saying: in an all-blue world, colour doesn't exist... If something seems strange, you question it; but if the outside world is too distant to use as a comparison then nothing seems strange.”
― Alex Garland, The Beach

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The Passage by Justin Cronin

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7 votes 13.0%

The Green Woman by Peter Straub

5 votes 9.3%

Case Histories by Kate Atkinson

5 votes 9.3%

The Skylark by Peter Straub

4 votes 7.4%

The Beach by Alex Garland

4 votes 7.4%

Dispatch by Bentley Little

4 votes 7.4%

In the Lake of the Woods by Tim O'Brien

4 votes 7.4%

Dark Places by Gillian Flynn

3 votes 5.6%

Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood

2 votes 3.7%

The Egyptologist by Arthur Phillips

1 vote 1.9%

Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

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