Last Night at the Lobster
by:
Stewart O'Nan (author)
The Red Lobster perched in the far corner of a run-down New England mall hasn?t been making its numbers and headquarters has pulled the plug. But manager Manny DeLeon still needs to navigate a tricky last shift with a near-mutinous staff. All the while, he?s wondering how to handle the waitress...
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The Red Lobster perched in the far corner of a run-down New England mall hasn?t been making its numbers and headquarters has pulled the plug. But manager Manny DeLeon still needs to navigate a tricky last shift with a near-mutinous staff. All the while, he?s wondering how to handle the waitress he?s still in love with, what to do about his pregnant girlfriend, and where to find the present that will make everything better. Stewart O?Nan has been called ?the bard of the working class,? and Last Night at the Lobster is one of his most acclaimed works to date.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780143114420 (0143114425)
ASIN: 0143114425
Publish date: 2008-10-28
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 146
Edition language: English
It would be easy to slight this novel--novella really; I read its 146 pages in less than two hours. The style was described as spare in reviews and its emotions are understated and it deals with ordinary people on an ordinary day where nothing extraordinary happens. It's four shopping days before Ch...
http://www.bostonbibliophile.com/2009/12/review-last-night-athe-lobster-by.html
Less "A Novel" than "A Slightly Lengthy New Yorker Short Story."
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