The Accidental Tourist | Techniques
The dark humor that appears in works like Celestial Navigation, Searching for Caleb, and Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant is also found in this work. But there is a new hilarity and a lighter touch that demonstrate a development of Tyler's skill with humor.
Trying to cope with Sarah's leaving him, Macon is both ridiculous and pitiful. He washes the day's dirty clothes by sloshing them underfoot as he showers at night. He invents the Macon Leary Body Bag of sheets to keep from having to make the bed. Readers find themselves laughing, but the humor is always tempered by the...
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