The Accidental Tourist Mass market paperbound - 1986
by Anne Tyler
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Readers largely praised Anne Tyler’s novel for its compassionate, quietly comic portrait of grief, middle-aged inertia, and the risk of change. Many called it among her best, citing vivid, eccentric characters—especially Macon, the irrepressible Muriel, and the memorably drawn dog—and Tyler’s subtle prose that blends heartbreak with humor. The slow, character-driven arc and resonant ending were widely admired, with several noting the book deepens on reread. Dissenting voices found the pace static, the protagonist passive, and Muriel grating, with a few calling the story dated or anticlimactic. Overall, sentiment leaned strongly positive for its warmth, wit, and truthful rendering of ordinary lives.
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- Title The Accidental Tourist
- Author Anne Tyler
- Binding Mass Market Paperbound
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Pages 342
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Berkley Books, E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Publication date 1986-09-01
- ISBN 9780425092910 / 0425092917
- Weight 0.38 lbs (0.17 kg)
- Dimensions 6.87 x 4.17 x 0.95 in (17.45 x 10.59 x 2.41 cm)
- Reading level 890
- Category Fiction - General
- Library of Congress subjects Psychological fiction
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 00001051
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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