Published by Vintage, part of Vintage Publishing
Format: Paperback
£8.99
Author:
Anne Tyler
Format: Paperback
EAN: 9780099480013
£8.99
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EAN: 9780099480013
Published: 1 Mar 2007
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.
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Anne Tyler gets better with every book, and this one is a triumph - funny, profound, sad and ultimately reassuring
- Sunday Telegraph
Born in Minneapolis in 1941, Anne Tyler lives in Baltimore where her novels are set. She is the Pulitzer-prize winning author of Breathing Lessons and other bestselling novels, including The Accidental Tourist, Saint Maybe, Back When We Were Grownups, The Amateur Marriage, Digging to America and Noah's Compass. She has recently received the Sunday Times Award for Literary Excellence, which recognises a lifetime's achievement in books.
