The novel is presented in the form of unfinished memoirs of one Professor Gunther Wünker , born in Ramat Gan , Israel in the 1960s , an anti-Zionist and the founder of the philosophical school of ' Peepology ' ( the science of peep-show voyeurism ) . The novel takes place in a fictitious near future period , some 40 years after the State of Israel is dismantled and replaced with a State of Palestine . The novel excoriates what it calls exploitation of The Holocaust for propaganda purposes designed to shield Israel from scrutiny for its " transgressions " against the Palestinians . The perplexed are defined as " the unthinking chosen " who " cling to clods of earth that do n't belong to them " . The original Hebrew version of the novel was nominated for Israel 's 2003 Geffen Award for science fiction
The Holocaust
The Holocaust
A Guide to the Perplexed