Poetry. Where does the sun rise in the west? What is the connection between the Rotterdam gnomon and the twelfth planet? Who transcribed the codex which prophesies the fate of west Texas? The collaborative poems and graphics of QUAOAR answer these and many other questions with a rare intelligence and dry whimsy. "what Robert called his 'shaman's kite'/was modelled on George the Gnostic's star-net/and as Matt Aussie said 'it looked dead live'//basically it was a time trap used to swat bandicoots/Sid Nolan was King of the Fairies at the Easter Festival/(this was shortly after his escape from Wales)/there were balloons on sticks and giant fries"-from the book.