{"product_id":"the-best-people-9781938603242","title":"The Best People","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An inventive and utterly refreshing masterwork. As always, Lopez writes with precision, menace, blazing wit, and a relentless devotion to the absurdity of life.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Kimberly King Parsons, author of \u003ci\u003eWe Were the Universe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCompleting his celebrated novels-in-stories triptych, begun with \u003ci\u003eGood People\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Better Class of People\u003c\/i\u003e, Robert Lopez delivers the third installment, \u003ci\u003eThe Best People\u003c\/i\u003e, which follows a man who made the mistake of being born and is trying to make the best of that mistake\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn an uncanny world where linear time is nonexistent and everyone he meets is either Esperanza, Sofia, or Manny, the unnamed narrator wrestles with his past lives, his abusive upbringing, his sexual proclivities, his obsession with cleanliness, and how to stop the world from breaking in.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith his signature unconventional storytelling and beguiling prose, Robert Lopez delivers a no-holds-barred, whiplash-fast polyphonic novel for the ages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-15242218\"\u003eRobert Lopez\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dzanc Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/08\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 157\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781938603242\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1938603249\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC029000\"\u003eShort Stories (single author)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC048000\"\u003eUrban \u0026amp; Street Lit\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Lopez\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of three novels, \u003ci\u003ePart of the World\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKamby Bolongo Mean River\u003c\/i\u003e (named one of 25 important books of the decade by HTML Giant), and \u003ci\u003eAll Back Full\u003c\/i\u003e, and three story collections, \u003ci\u003eAsunder\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGood People\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eA Better Class of People\u003c\/i\u003e. His fiction, nonfiction, and poetry has appeared in dozens of publications, including \u003ci\u003eBomb\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Threepenny Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVice Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew England Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Sun\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eNorton Anthology of Sudden Fiction - Latino\u003c\/i\u003e. He teaches at Pratt Institute and Stony Brook University. He was a fellow in fiction for the New York Foundation for the Arts in 2010 and Visiting Writer at Syracuse University for fall, 2018. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dzanc Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48458921804013,"sku":"9781938603242","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_3a3734a5-7ac0-47cf-989f-6550d58222ea.jpg?v=1753622104","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-best-people-9781938603242","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}