No Word From Gurb by Eduardo Mendoza

A stranded alien recounts, in a comic diary, his frantic search for a missing companion through the streets of Barcelona, assuming various human guises and stumbling into misunderstandings, eccentric characters, media attention, bureaucratic absurdities and quirky local life; the narrator’s naïve observations and growing curiosity yield a satirical, affectionate portrait of contemporary urban society as he adapts to human customs while trying to locate his fellow extraterrestrial.