

"Beautifully nimble, solitary feats of imagination." --Seamus Heaney "Beguiling." --Time A superbly crafted novel about one man's quest for order and reason in a chaotic and unreasonable world Mr. Palomar is a delightful eccentric whose chief...

Mr. Palomar, whose name purposely evokes that of the famous telescope, is a seeker after knowledge, a visionary in a world sublime and ridiculous. Whether contemplating a cheese, a woman's breasts, or a gorilla's behavior, he brings us a vision of a world familiar by consensus,...
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Mr Palomar is a delightful eccentric whose chief activity is looking at things. He is seeking knowledge; 'it is only after you have come to know the surface of things that you can venture to seek what is underneath'. Whether contemplating a fine cheese, a hungry gecko, a woman...


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