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Accidental Tourist, the (1985) [Novel]
by Anne Tyler Rating: Weighted - 7.2 / Average - 7.2 of 10 (11 votes) (Rate!)
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How does a man addicted to routine - a man who flosses his teeth before love-making - cope with the chaos of everyday life? With the loss of his son, the departure of his wife and the arrival of Muriel, dog trainer from Meow-Bow dog clinic, Macon's attempts at ordinary life are tragically and comicallly undone.

Original title: The Accidental Tourist
Original languages: English

Quotes:

Genre: Fiction→ General Fiction→ Humor
Fiction→ General Fiction→ Eccentric People

Edition #1: Accidental Tourist, the

Accidental Tourist, the (1985)

Edition Details:

Language: English

Blurbs:

"Now poignant, now funny...Anne Tyler is brilliant" New York Times Book Review
"A vibrant and astonishing and, above all, achingly funny book about a man" Clare Boylan, Cosmopolitan
"My favorite writer, and the best line-and-length novelist in the world, is Anne Tyler, the American author of The Accidental Tourist and Saint Maybe...Brilliant, funny, sad and sensitive" Nick Hornby, Independent on Sunday

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Accidental Tourist, the (2007)

Format: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books
ISBN: 0099480018
Dimensions: 5.1 x 7.9 x 1.1 in
Pages: 368

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Accidental Tourist, the (2002)

Format: Paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 0345452003
Dimensions: 5.4 x 8.2 x 0.9 in
Pages: 352

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Accidental Tourist, the (1998)

Format: Paperback
Publisher: Berkley Books
ISBN: 0425161617
Dimensions: 5.4 x 8 x 1.1 in
Pages: 416

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Accidental Tourist, the (1996)

Format: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books
ISBN: 009974581X
Pages: 353

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Accidental Tourist, the (1993)

Format: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
ISBN: 014011176X
Pages: 368

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Accidental Tourist, the (1988)

Format: Paperback
Publisher: Berkley Books
ISBN: 0425114236
Dimensions: 1.3 x 6.8 x 0.5 in

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Accidental Tourist, the (1986)

Format: Paperback
Publisher: Berkley Books
ISBN: 0425092917
Dimensions: 4.2 x 7 x 1.2 in
Pages: 352

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Accidental Tourist, the (1986)

Format: Hardcover
Publisher: G K Hall and Co
ISBN: 0816140553
Pages: 448
Notes: Large Print edition.

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Accidental Tourist, the (1985)

Format: Paperback
Publisher: Knopf
ISBN: 039454689X
Dimensions: 5.1 x 8 x 1 in
Pages: 355

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Accidental Tourist, the (1985)

Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Trafalgar Square
ISBN: 0701129867
Pages: 336

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