It's one of those stories so bizarre, it hardly seems like it could be true: a psychiatric patient who is overwhelmed by the urge to keep walking, no matter the toll it takes. The Man Who Walked Away is Maud Casey's fictionalized version of the narrative. In this telling, Albert's wanderings are accompanied with a constant loss of memory and identity, even as he seeks out a doctor who might be able to help him reassemble something of his life.