The Escape
Author: Thirlwell, Adam
ISBN: 9780099539834
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year first published: 15 Aug 2010
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback / softback
Remarkable second novel by the author of the highly-praised and controversial Politics.
'The more I knew of Haffner,' writes Adam Thirlwell in The Escape, 'the more real he became, this was true. And, simultaneously, Haffner disappeared.'
In a forgotten spa town snug in the Alps, at the end of the twentieth century, Haffner is seeking a cure, more women, and a villa that belonged to his late wife.
But really he is trying to escape: from his family, his lovers, his history, his entire Haffnerian condition.
For Haffner is 78.
Haffner, in other words, is too old to be grown up.
ISBN: 9780099539834
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year first published: 15 Aug 2010
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback / softback
Remarkable second novel by the author of the highly-praised and controversial Politics.
'The more I knew of Haffner,' writes Adam Thirlwell in The Escape, 'the more real he became, this was true. And, simultaneously, Haffner disappeared.'
In a forgotten spa town snug in the Alps, at the end of the twentieth century, Haffner is seeking a cure, more women, and a villa that belonged to his late wife.
But really he is trying to escape: from his family, his lovers, his history, his entire Haffnerian condition.
For Haffner is 78.
Haffner, in other words, is too old to be grown up.
