Used book – No Word from Gurb, Eduardo Mendoza

" 4:00 PM I enter a shop. I buy a tie. I try it on. I decide it suits me well and buy ninety-four identical ties. 5:00 PM I enter a delicatessen and buy seven hundred cured hams. 8:00 PM I decide that money doesn't buy happiness, I disintegrate everything I bought, and I continue my stroll with my hands in my pockets and a light heart. " Gurb has disappeared in Barcelona, disguised as Madonna. Clarification: Gurb is an alien. His teammate, searching for him in a less conspicuous disguise, meticulously keeps a journal of his observations. A wild and hilarious satire of our society's customs...