Accidental Tourist

How does a man addicted to routine - a man who flosses his teeth before love-making - cope with the chaos of everyday life? With the loss of his son, the departure of his wife and the arrival of Muriel, a dog trainer from the Meow-Bow dog clinic, Macon's attempts at ordinary life are tragically and comically undone. n n OVER A MILLION ANNE TYLER BOOKS SOLD n n `She's changed my perception on life' Anna Chancellor n n `One of my favourite authors ' Liane Moriarty n n `She spins gold' Elizabeth Buchan n n `Anne Tyler has no peer' Anita Shreve n n `My favourite writer, and the best line-and-length novelist in the world' Nick Hornby n n `A masterly author' Sebastian Faulks n n `Tyler is not merely good, she is wickedly good' John Updike n n `I love Anne Tyler' Anita Brookner n n `Her fiction has strength of vision, originality, freshness, unconquerable humour' Eudora Welty n