The Escape

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<p>'The more I knew of Haffner,' writes Adam Thirlwell in<i>The Escape, '</i>the more real he became, this was true. And, simultaneously, Haffner disappeared.'</p><p>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.</p><p>But really he is trying to escape: from his family, his lovers, his history, his entire Haffnerian condition.</p><p>For Haffner is 78.</p><p>Haffner, in other words, is too old to be grown up.</p>

Autorenportrait

Adam Thirlwell is the author of two novels,<i>Politics</i>and<i>The Escape</i>;<i></i>a novella,<i>Kapow!</i>; and a project including an essay-book which won a Somerset Maugham Award and a compendium of translations edited for<i>McSweeneys</i>. His work is translated into thirty languages. He has twice been selected as one of<i>Granta</i>s Best of Young British Novelists.

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