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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
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Dedication: To Sheila
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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
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[Review] Ways of Escape Hugh Mackay
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , May/June vol. 88 no. 8 2009; (p. 30)
— Review of Ways of Escape 2009 single work novel -
Flight to Winter Is a Bit Close to Home
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 23-24 May 2009; (p. 14)
— Review of Ways of Escape 2009 single work novel -
Zippy Dialogue Keeps an Entertaining Yarn on Track
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 23-24 May 2009; (p. 28-29)
— Review of Ways of Escape 2009 single work novel -
Books
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 23 May 2009; (p. 28)
— Review of Jasper Jones 2009 single work novel ; Ways of Escape 2009 single work novel ; True Colours : Lauren Huxley and Her Family : From Tragedy to Triumph 2009 single work biography -
Fiction
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 9 May 2009; (p. 24)
— Review of Ways of Escape 2009 single work novel ; The Reformed Vampire Support Group 2009 single work novel
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Fiction
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 9 May 2009; (p. 24)
— Review of Ways of Escape 2009 single work novel ; The Reformed Vampire Support Group 2009 single work novel -
Books
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 23 May 2009; (p. 28)
— Review of Jasper Jones 2009 single work novel ; Ways of Escape 2009 single work novel ; True Colours : Lauren Huxley and Her Family : From Tragedy to Triumph 2009 single work biography -
Zippy Dialogue Keeps an Entertaining Yarn on Track
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 23-24 May 2009; (p. 28-29)
— Review of Ways of Escape 2009 single work novel -
Flight to Winter Is a Bit Close to Home
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 23-24 May 2009; (p. 14)
— Review of Ways of Escape 2009 single work novel -
[Review] Ways of Escape Hugh Mackay
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , May/June vol. 88 no. 8 2009; (p. 30)
— Review of Ways of Escape 2009 single work novel
- Urban,
- Ashgrove, Ashgrove area, Brisbane - North West, Brisbane, Queensland,
- Sydney, New South Wales,
- 2000s