It was the summer that man first walked on the moon. I was very young back then, but I did not believe there would ever be a future... Spanning three generations, Moon Palace is the story of Marco Stanley Fogg and his quest for identity in the modern world. Moving from the concrete canyons of Manhattan to the cruelly beautiful landscape of the American West, it is a meditation on and re-examination of America, art and the self, by one of America's foremost authors. 'A remarkable novel.' Evening Standard 'Clever: very. Surprising: always - Auster is a master.' The Times "The work of an immensely gifted young novelist.' London Review of Books 'A writer whose work shines with originality and intelligence... He blends modern surfaces with nineteenth-century interiors... Yet he puts his storytelling techniques at the service of a very contemporary novel.' Don DeLillo