The Accidental Tourist

The Accidental Tourist
First edition cover
AuthorAnne Tyler
Cover artistFred Marcellino[1]
LanguageEnglish
PublisherKnopf
Publication date
August 12, 1985
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages355
ISBN9780345452009
OCLC12432313
813/.54 19
LC ClassPS3570.Y45 A64 1985

The Accidental Tourist is a 1985 novel by Anne Tyler that was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction in 1985 and the Ambassador Book Award for Fiction in 1986. The novel was adapted into a 1988 award-winning film starring William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, and Geena Davis, for which Davis won an Academy Award.

  1. ^ "Book Jackets by Fred Marcellino". pulcinellapress.com. Retrieved 26 May 2015.