# The Escape

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- Book: [The Escape](https://www.bookquiver.com/adam-thirlwell/the-escape) ([The Escape.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/adam-thirlwell/the-escape.md))
- Authors: [Adam Thirlwell](https://www.bookquiver.com/adam-thirlwell)
- Publisher: vintage_digital
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-14-4810-450-5
- Published: 2012-02-29
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

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.