Ways of Escape is the second volume of autobiography by British novelist Graham Greene, first published in 1980.

[1] The book concentrates more on the author's work than his life, blurring the line between the two.

There are plenty of anecdotes detailing various escapades around the world, though the way Greene describes them it is as though he were struggling to stave off terminal boredom rather than merely have a good time.

Sometimes mildly heroic, often seedy, with these stories of his life he describes his lifelong ennui, his frequent bouts of depression and his endless search for meaning in a life he often appears to view as meaningless.

The reader is left with the impression that the author lived a very interesting and varied life but not a happy one.