Conté tretze contes i una nouvelle tenyits d'una incitant comicitat negra. Són històries cruels, travessades per la felicitat, la violència i els inferns privats, i poblades per personatges obsessius amb la rialla a contrapeu. Monzó suma - a la mestria demostrada en els llibres anteriors - noves estratègies narratives, i fa servir amb originalitat tota una gamma de tons que confereixen a El millor dels mons una força singular i ens el mostren com un innegable nou pas endavant.
Quim Monzó was born in Barcelona in 1952. He has been awarded the National Award for fiction; the City of Barcelona Award for fiction; the Prudenci Bertrana Award for fiction; the El Temps Award for best novel; the Lletra d'Or Prize; the Catalan Writers' Award; the Maria Àngels Anglada; the Trajectòria; he has also been awarded Serra d'Or magazine's prestigious Critics' Award, four times.
In 2007 he wrote and read the opening speech at the Frankfurt Book Fair. Monzó designed a lecture written as if it was a short story. It differed completely from traditional speeches. Together with Cuca Canals, he wrote the dialogues for Bigas Luna's movie Jamón, jamón. He has also written the musical satire El tango de Don Joan, with Jérôme Savary. He is a regular contributor to the La Vanguardia newspaper.