Alex Garland





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


Average rating: 3.70 · 20,651 ratings · 1,230 reviews · 10 distinct works
The Beach
3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 16,439 ratings — published 1996 — 54 editions
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The Tesseract
3.22 of 5 stars 3.22 avg rating — 2,029 ratings — published 1999 — 20 editions
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The Coma
3.16 of 5 stars 3.16 avg rating — 1,779 ratings — published 2005 — 16 editions
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28 Days Later
3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 183 ratings — published 2003
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Sunshine
4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 90 ratings — published 2007
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3.31 of 5 stars 3.31 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2001
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Never Let Me Go: The Screen...
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The Island
3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2008
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28 Days Later
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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

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

“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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