Last Night at the Lobster
by:
Stewart O'Nan (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780670018277 (0670018279)
ASIN: 0670018279
Publish date: 2007-11-01
Publisher: Viking Adult
Pages no: 160
Edition language: English
I'm not really sure what to think about this book. It seemed more just a rambling bunch of thoughts than a book. And it's not because it's just about one night (I really enjoyed On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan). Maybe because it never really goes anywhere, and you just read about how he's feeling, and...
I worked at Borders for just under five years, and though I knew that it was an evil corporate giant, I loved that job so much that I was unwilling to give it up even after I found a “real” job. There were bad days – nine times out of ten due to an asshole customer – but I will always consider Borde...
Poignant story of the last day at a Red Lobster restaurant on the outskirts of a failing mall somewhere in Connecticut. The main character, Manny, manages said restaurant, and he valiantly tries to run it well, in spite of most of his staff deserting him on this final day. There is an impending snow...
This ia high three, nearly a four. While I was engaged in the story, it was such a small story, I couldn't help thinking that if a woman had written this story, it would have been relegated to women's lit while it's literary fiction because a man wrote it. Perhaps it wasn't fair to read this book th...
Last Night at the Lobster is a nice little tribute to the working stiffs in customer service (waitstaff, store clerks, etc.), which can often feel like a thankless job. Manny DeLeon is the manager of a Red Lobster, operating on its last night of business, on a snowy evening just days before Christma...
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