The Best People

People #3

by Robert Lopez

Completing his celebrated novels-in-stories triptych, begun with Good People and A Better Class of People, Robert Lopez delivers the third installment, The Best People, which follows a man who made the mistake of being born and is trying to make the best of that mistake

In 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.

With his signature unconventional storytelling and beguiling prose, Robert Lopez delivers a no-holds-barred, whiplash-fast polyphonic novel for the ages.

157 pages, Paperback

First published April 6, 2025

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Reviews

[Caleb Michael Sarvis · Rating 4 out of 5]

I haven't read Robert's previous novels, but I really enjoyed the slipstream, fractured style of this one. The narrator(s) are freaky and dislodged, and somewhere in the volatile space of these relationships is a familiar and uncanny experience.

[Joe Sacksteder · Rating 5 out of 5]

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