The Accidental Tourist: A Novel (Ballantine Reader's Circle)
by Anne Tyler
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Author: Anne TylerEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2002-04-09
ISBN: 0345452003
Number of pages: 352
Publisher: Ballantine Books
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Book Review: Loved the book, hated the characters
Summary: 3 Stars
The man at the heart of this book is Macon, writer of travel books which enable Americans to find a home from home on their journeys. I found it tremendously irritating that Anne Tyler had chosen such an unusual name for her lead character and yet didn't give the poor reader any information upon which to base their pronounciation of the name. It was something which tripped me up every time his name appeared. Macon's only son has been killed, and his marriage is failing. Early on, his wife leaves. Soon, Macon is embroiled with a dog trainer who seems to pursue him just to the point where he begins to pursue her. An accident leads Macon to return to his family home to live with his brothers and sister, and Macon seems to begin to gain an insight into the strangeness of his background and of those same relatives. Macon finds himself moving in with Muriel, the dog trainer, and her multiply-allergic son, but always seems to be on the edges of her life, not fully engaged in it. Then, a chance meeting with Sarah, his wife, leads to a reunion, and Muriel is left once again on her own. Macon clearly thinks he has left her behind him when he jets off to France to revise his book on Paris.I found the book very easy to read, and enjoyed it, despite disliking nearly every character. There are some genuinely funny moments which had me laughing out loud. I would say that it is definitely a good holiday read - easy to pick up, and with comic highlights.
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