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The Accidental Tourist

A moving novel about what it means to be human from the Sunday Times bestselling author

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The Accidental Tourist

By: Anne Tyler
Narrated by: Joe Barrett
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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, a dog trainer from the Meow-Bow dog clinic, Macon's attempts at ordinary life are tragically and comically undone.

A heartfelt novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Amateur Marriage and Breathing Lessons, now available as an audiobook.

 English Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Language Learning Literary Fiction Literature & Fiction Satire Comedy Marriage Thought-Provoking Heartfelt
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Critic reviews

Her masterpiece
Brilliant, funny, sad and sensitive
Anne Tyler gets better with every book, and this one is a triumph – funny, profound, sad and ultimately reassuring
Warmly entertaining and sharply organised against cuteness or mush
The Accidental Tourist is one of Anne Tyler’s best books
A beautiful, incandescent, heartbreaking, exhilarating book… The Accidental Tourist cuts so close to the bone that it leaves one aching with pleasure and pain. Words fail me: one cannot reasonably expect fiction to be much better than this
Everything this author writes is shot through with intelligent insight, humour and humanity
I’m inspired by every word that she writes
This is a classic Anne Tyler novel that plays with the tension between the comic and the sentimental
All stars
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Ann Tyler is a master at writing about the every day in a way that engages the full attention of the reader/listener .


Human nature thru a microscope

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Such great characters. Loved the narrator. Believe all the reviews, you won’t regret it. One of these stories that stay with you.

Brilliant book!

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Classic story. subtly read. Loved this beautiful characterisation, The narrator portrayed the individuals with consistency.

classic tale, very well read

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Wonderful Ann Tyler. Characters beautifully brought to life by excellent narration. I looked forward to bedtime!

One of her best!

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I love Anne Tyler's novels, and am surprised I've never read this one. What a masterpiece.
A story unfurling with such marvellous insight.
The narrator was also excellent.
I'm so sorry it's over - I could have listened forever!

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