description: Macon Leary is a travel writer who hates both travel and anything out of the ordinary. He is grounded by loneliness and an unwillingness to compromise his creature comforts when he meets Muriel, a deliciously peculiar dog-obedience trainer who up-ends Macon’s insular world–and thrusts him headlong into a remarkable engagement with life.
language: English
title: Accidental Tourist
titlecomplete: Accidental Tourist
characters: Muriel Pritchett, Sarah Leary, Macon Leary
genres: American, Classics, Adult, Adult Fiction, Novels, Romance, Literature, Contemporary, Literary Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 103956
places: Baltimore, Maryland, London, England
awards: awardedAt: 504950400000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 504950400000
name: Ambassador Book Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 473414400000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 473414400000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Fiction
publisher: Pearson Education