'It was the summer that men first walked on the moon. I was very young back then, but 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. Suprising:always-Auuster is a master.'The Times'The work of an immensely gifted young novelist.'London Review of BooksA writer whose work shines with originality and intelligence... He blends modern surfaces wirh nineteenth-century interiors... Yet he pust his storytelling techniqus at the service of a very contemporary novel.' Don Delillo