![]() Despite his rigorous barriers, William finds himself drawn to the outrageously unsuitable Muriel who represents everything in the world William has been at pains to avoid.Ī finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, The Accidental Tourist is one of our favourite of Anne Tyler's twenty-four novels. Condition: VERY GOOD ( AVERAGE)/No Jacket ISBN 10: 0553409433 ISBN 13: 9780553409437 Seller. Enter dog-trainer extraordinaire, Muriel Pritchett, ostensibly to put manners on William's troubled dog, Edward. The story opens with William's wife, Sarah, announcing that she is leaving him after which follows his descent into a kind of domestic madness where all the systems he has put in place for protecting him from the world no longer seem to work. It has been a year since the murder of his 12 year old son. ![]() By turns dark, heartbreaking and laugh-out-loud hilarious, The Accidental Tourist tells the tale of William Leary who writes travel guidebooks for people who hate to travel. Their staunch three-way friendship is born while sharing a house in Dublin and, over the years and their turbulent love lives, soon becomes the only certainty they have. ![]() ![]() The Accidental Tourist was published in 1985 and made into an Oscar winning film starring Geena Davis, Kathleen Turner and William Hurt. A beautiful blonde, a quiet brown-eyed girl, and a redhead looking for adventure: meet Devlin, Caroline, and Maggie. THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR The sequel to Patricia Scanlans gripping saga City Girls a sexy and savvy novel which captures the profound intimacy. ![]()
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