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 sunbathing topless or a flight of migrant starlings, Mr Palomar's observations render the world afresh. 'Beautifully nimble, solitary feats of imagination' Seamus Heaney'Beguiling' Time