Thirlwell, Adam: The Escape

'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.