How would you interpret this phrase? Young men in the Land of Sky seem to prefer the taste of old wine. A decade ago in Ashville, North Carolina, young writer Thomas Wolfe rocketed to fame, fleeing Southern scandal for Manhattan’s forgiving bohemian scene and the arms of a lady seventeen years his senior. The writer’s family tried to squelch the match with comely theater designer Aline Bernstein—that’s Mrs. Bernstein—and so did Mr. Bernstein, we’re guessing. But Wolfe carried the torch to an early grave. Now Harrison Shepherd is out to prove history repeats.How would you interpret this phrase: fleeing Southern scandal for Manhattan’s forgiving bohemian scene here? Does it mean the writer Thomas Wolfe, having created some scandals at Asheville, had to leave Asheville for Manhattan, hoping that the people there would ‘forgive’ him? And how would you interpret ‘bohemian scene’ here? Thanks! This excerpt is taken from The Lacuna by Kingsolver.