'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 |
Publication date: | 5th August 2010 |
Author: | Adam Thirlwell |
Publisher: | Vintage an imprint of Vintage Publishing |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 336 pages |
Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction |