{{Short description|2011 novel by Christopher Bollen}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox book | name = Lightning People | image = File:Lightning People.jpg | caption = First edition | alt = | author = Christopher Bollen | country = United States | language = English | genre = | publisher = Soft Skull Press | pub_date = September 1, 2011 | pages = 368 | isbn = 978-1-59376-419-7 }} '''''Lightning People''''' is a 2011 novel by Christopher Bollen. It is Bollen's debut novel, and was first published in the United States by Soft Skull Press on September 1, 2011.<ref name="pw">{{cite news |title=Lightning People |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-59376-419-7 |access-date=September 24, 2021 |work=Publishers Weekly |date=August 8, 2011}}</ref><ref name="kirkus">{{cite news |title=Lightning People |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/christopher-bollen/lightning-people/ |access-date=September 24, 2021 |work=Kirkus Reviews |date=July 20, 2011}}</ref> The book is set in New York City in the 2000s.<ref>{{cite news |last=Rovzar |first=Chris |title=164 Minutes With Christopher Bollen |url=https://nymag.com/news/intelligencer/encounter/christopher-bollen-2011-9/ |access-date=September 24, 2021 |work=New York |date=September 9, 2011}}</ref>
Critical reception was mixed. ''Kirkus Reviews'' described the novel as a "dark character study" and praised its realism and symbolism.<ref name="kirkus"/> However, other critics found the story lines implausible.<ref name="pw"/><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Lightning People |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/10/17/lightning-people |access-date=September 24, 2021 |magazine=The New Yorker |date=October 17, 2011}}</ref> Viet Dinh, writing for Lambda Literary Foundation, felt that the plot lacked drama and tension.<ref>{{cite news |last=Dinh |first=Viet |title='Lightning People' by Christopher Bollen |url=https://lambdaliterary.org/2011/12/lightning-people-by-christopher-bollen/ |access-date=September 24, 2021 |publisher=Lambda Literary Foundation |date=December 11, 2011}}</ref>
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