British screenwriter John Hodge adapted The Beach for a movie from the novel by which author?
John Hodge (screenwriter) John Hodge (born 1964) is a British screenwriter and dramatist, most noted for his adaptation of Irvine Welsh's novel "Trainspotting" into the script for the film of the same title. His first play "Collaborators" won the 2012 Olivier Award for Best New Play. His films include "Shallow Grave" (1994), "Trainspotting" (1996) "A Life Less Ordinary" (1997), "The Beach" (2000), "The Final Curtain" (2002), and the short film "Alien Love Triangle" (2002).
The Spanish Gardener The Spanish Gardener is a 1950 novel by A. J. Cronin which tells the story of an American consul, Harrington Brande, who is posted to San Jorge on the Costa Brava, Spain with his young son Nicholas. The novel relates how Nicholas's innocent love for his father is destroyed by the latter's jealousy and vindictiveness when Nicholas forms a friendship with the young Spanish gardener, José Santero.