![]() Their dialogues are the highlight of the novel.īut it’s not all kitchen sink bubbles. Macon thinks listening to blank cassettes is a brilliant travel idea. ![]() She’s streetwise and tenacious - and she has Macon in her sights. Its increasingly vicious behaviour forces Macon to seek help - and into the story clatters thrift-shop maven and dog trainer Muriel Pritchett: permed hair, deep lipstick, high heels, and manicures. He’s a travel writer - the circumspect voice behind the Accidental Tourist travel guides for businessmen who want to minimise all sense of the foreign when abroad. ![]() He’s got a broken leg, a nasty dog, a failing marriage, and a fast-approaching deadline. ![]() Winning the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1985, Anne Tyler’s tenth novel The Accidental Tourist sets squeaky-clean Macon Leary up against firecracker Muriel Pritchett in this domestic drama of mis-matched manners. ![]()
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