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Issue Details: First known date: 2009... 2009 Ways of Escape
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'Set in a typical contemporary suburb, Ways of Escape is the first-person story of Tom, a clinical psychologist who's losing patience with his affluent, perfection-seeking clients. Divorced and struggling with professional burnout, he's open to the possibility of radical change.

He allows himself to become reckless with a client intent on seducing him, leading to a charge of professional misconduct and the humiliating prospect of deregistration. He is caught up in the disappearance of a neighbour who had recently left his wife and children. And a lighthearted distraction comes in the form of an offer to write for a motoring magazine - an experience Tom finds liberating.

Two streams of Tom's life then intersect when he agrees to advise one of the candidates for election as chancellor at a boutique university. Three people are contesting the election: a corporate lawyer who has recently crossed swords with a relative of Tom's, the charismatic proprietor of a chain of real estate agencies, and an eminence grise on the academic staff.' (Publisher's blurb)

Notes

  • Dedication: To Sheila
  • Epigraph: 'To escape is the greatest of pleasures' Virginia Woolf

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Other Formats

  • Large print.
  • Sound recording.

Works about this Work

[Review] Ways of Escape Hugh Mackay Paula Grunseit , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , May/June vol. 88 no. 8 2009; (p. 30)

— Review of Ways of Escape Hugh Mackay , 2009 single work novel
Flight to Winter Is a Bit Close to Home Richard King , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 23-24 May 2009; (p. 14)

— Review of Ways of Escape Hugh Mackay , 2009 single work novel
Zippy Dialogue Keeps an Entertaining Yarn on Track Daphne Guinness , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 23-24 May 2009; (p. 28-29)

— Review of Ways of Escape Hugh Mackay , 2009 single work novel
Books Susan Hewitt , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 23 May 2009; (p. 28)

— Review of Jasper Jones Craig Silvey , 2009 single work novel ; Ways of Escape Hugh Mackay , 2009 single work novel ; True Colours : Lauren Huxley and Her Family : From Tragedy to Triumph Lisa Davies , 2009 single work biography
Fiction Cameron Woodhead , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 9 May 2009; (p. 24)

— Review of Ways of Escape Hugh Mackay , 2009 single work novel ; The Reformed Vampire Support Group Catherine Jinks , 2009 single work novel
Fiction Cameron Woodhead , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 9 May 2009; (p. 24)

— Review of Ways of Escape Hugh Mackay , 2009 single work novel ; The Reformed Vampire Support Group Catherine Jinks , 2009 single work novel
Books Susan Hewitt , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 23 May 2009; (p. 28)

— Review of Jasper Jones Craig Silvey , 2009 single work novel ; Ways of Escape Hugh Mackay , 2009 single work novel ; True Colours : Lauren Huxley and Her Family : From Tragedy to Triumph Lisa Davies , 2009 single work biography
Zippy Dialogue Keeps an Entertaining Yarn on Track Daphne Guinness , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 23-24 May 2009; (p. 28-29)

— Review of Ways of Escape Hugh Mackay , 2009 single work novel
Flight to Winter Is a Bit Close to Home Richard King , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 23-24 May 2009; (p. 14)

— Review of Ways of Escape Hugh Mackay , 2009 single work novel
[Review] Ways of Escape Hugh Mackay Paula Grunseit , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , May/June vol. 88 no. 8 2009; (p. 30)

— Review of Ways of Escape Hugh Mackay , 2009 single work novel
Last amended 10 Sep 2020 07:17:14
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  • Urban,
  • Ashgrove, Ashgrove area, Brisbane - North West, Brisbane, Queensland,
  • Sydney, New South Wales,
  • 2000s
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