false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170549402m/60792.jpg 60792 47 POIGNANT . . . FUNNY . . . THE ACCIDENTAL TOURIST IS ONE OF HER BEST. . . . [TYLER] HAS NEVER BEEN STRONGER. The New York Times Macon Leary is a travel writer who hates both travel and anything out of the ordinary. He is grounded by loneliness and an unwillingness to compromise his creature comforts when he meets Muriel, a deliciously peculiar dog-obedience trainer who up-ends Macon's insular world; and thrusts him headlong into a remarkable engagement with life. BITTERSWEET . . . EVOCATIVE . . . It's easy to forget this is the warm lull of fiction; you half-expect to run into her characters at the dry cleaners . . . Tyler [is] a writer of great compassion. The Boston Globe's Tyler has given us an endlessly diverting book whose strength gathers gradually to become a genuinely thrilling one. -Los Angeles Times 1070136 1985 The Accidental Tourist total:5948|5:1249|4:2389|3:1777|2:449|1:84| 5948 22114 7232 425 4 3 false true Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 07 08:49:10 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 07 09:25:42 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 3 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1987 Wed Jul 02 11:34:28 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 15 09:35:06 -0700 2008 Searching for Caleb, which author Don Barthelme recommended to me years ago). A character from one of her first books (I think it was If Morning Ever Comes) provided the name I later gave to my daughter. The Accidental Tourist stri...more...]]> 3 4 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 13 18:01:21 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 17 09:31:30 -0800 2007
Things I am not sure that I like: the guy's wife leaves him and he "takes up" with a vibrant young woman who has a kid and a hard life. The wife comes back. I don't know who I wan...more...]]> 1 5 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 05 07:55:14 -0700 2007 Thu Jan 17 10:44:19 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 3 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Thu Jan 10 17:08:18 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 10 17:32:09 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 3 false false Tue Oct 21 03:57:42 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 14 16:35:46 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 21 03:57:42 -0700 2008 once more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1988 Sat Apr 11 07:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 11 07:06:33 -0700 2009 Unusually, there's a lot of humour in this book and it's probably all the better for it. Tyler paces the pathos with the humour really well so that it fits naturally into the narrative.
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I enjoyed the author's writing style and ability to illustrate the...more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Nov 13 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 02 20:41:44 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 13 10:16:01 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Sep 17 13:01:18 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 13:07:28 -0700 2009 I picked up the book because my mom and ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Feb 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 13:38:10 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 21 08:48:16 -0800 2009 1 The Accidental Tourist is the story of Macon Leary, a man who writes travel guides for business men who would rather not be traveling. As the novel opens, Macon and his wife Sarah are dealing with the loss of their son who was murdered a year prior. The primary focus of the novel is on Macon and h...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jul 18 09:16:28 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 09:22:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Apr 03 14:05:05 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 03 14:39:14 -0700 2009 Morgan's Passing) but I was struck by the similarities between the two texts. In The Accidental Tourist, which I loved, the main character is a man, an extremely eccentric man. In Morgan's Passing, the title character is also extreme...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996 Mon Apr 06 17:38:52 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 17:38:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1984 Wed May 20 12:48:30 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 13:44:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 15:56:37 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 15:57:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=60792