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One of my favorite books by far last year came from the always venerable Calamari Press, who in the last few years have established themselves as an innovator in releasing books that are not only aesthetically challenging but also fun to read.

Robert Lopez’s PART OF THE WORLD is narrated by a man who can’t seem to remember much of anything about his life very well. He masturbates while watching the neighbor, obsesses about a crappy car he bought, has weird out-of-body-seeming modes, all rendered in Lopez’s highly refined and beautiful but also addictive prose. Somewhat like an erasure of Beckett, though uploaded by a somewhat simple-minded, neurotic narrator who doesn’t quite know what to do with himself. Robert’s sentences are so fine-tuned you won’t even realize you are reading. It will simply come across you.

Do yourself a favor and check out this book immediately. You will be glad you did.

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