"Casual tourist" - one of the known novels of Ann Тайлер. And it again is domestic history - about the unsteadiness of relations and life in general, about attempts to find itself, not getting out from an own shell. Мэйкон Лири writes guide-books, but he hates trips all soul. His guide-books are collections of information about that, how in a next force and unbearable journey to feel itself as at home, to minimize interference with your life stranger and unpleasant world. On the stake of Мэйкона and his wife of firing a frightful tragedy is senseless death of son-teenager. Since they as if got lost in this life and marriage of them разваливается headily. From now on everybody will go by the way are casual tourists plodding where eyes look in a hope, that once will meet a fellow-traveller. Sad and very funny novel of the American classic about that, how the frightful and comical step hand in hand, as habits try to deafen life, as horror is hidden in ordinary, and in unknown is a hope. Roman was номинирован on Пулитцеровскую bonus. A book is successfully filmed, a film awarded with bonus of the New York association of critics, and actress Джина Davis got "Oscar".