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![]() ![]() ![]() His only child has been killed in a senseless accident his wife for no apparent reason asks for a separation, leaving him to fend for himself a broken leg conveniently thrusts him back home with his sister and brothers in the family home where he started out. Things just happen to him-he doesn't seek them out. ![]() Macon is someone who himself travels through life accidentally. ![]() Which is why he is so singularly equipped to make his living as the anonymous author of a series of chunky, passport-size guidebooks called Accidental Tourist in., whose logo is a comfortable armchair with wings, and whose ideal reader is the businessman abroad who longs for a king-size Beautyrest in Madrid, a taste of Sweet'n'Low in Tokyo, and a restaurant in Rome that will serve Chef Boyardee. Her protagonist is Macon Leary, and he is the prototype of the "accidental tourist." He hates travel. The place is the Baltimore Anne Tyler has made her own. The dust jacket and book are in good original condition. The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler is a 355-page hardcover published in 1985 by Alfred A. ![]()
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