Mr. Palomar

A novel of a delightful eccentric on a search for truth, by the renowned author of Invisible Cities .   In The New York Times Book Review, the poet Seamus Heaney praised Mr. Palomar as a series of “beautiful, nimble, solitary feats of imagination.” Throughout these twenty-seven intricately structured chapters, the musings of the crusty Mr. Palomar consistently render the world sublime and ridiculous.   Like the telescope for which he is named, Mr. Palomar is a natural observer. “It is