Running Away by Leslie Thomas

A restless novelist pursues a complicated new freedom

Fair Condition - Soiled/rubbed covers, corner creases and spine wear. Page edges are browned and lightly spotted.

Nicholas Boulting has been running away throughout his life, first from parents and school, and now from a wife whose jealousy has reached its limit after discovering his latest affair. At forty, the successful novelist decides to leave again, imagining that a different life will bring the freedom he has always wanted. Escape proves less straightforward than the decision to begin it, and the consequences of his choices continue to travel with him. Leslie Thomas combines humour with an interest in the dissatisfaction beneath an apparently enviable life. Running Away follows a man testing the attraction of a fresh start, only to discover that independence and happiness are not necessarily the same thing.