Last Night at the Lobster Last Night at the Lobster

Last Night at the Lobster

    • 3.7 • 61 Ratings
    • $10.99
    • $10.99

Publisher Description

A frank and funny yet emotionally resonant tale set within a vivid work day world, from the author of Emily, Alone and Henry, Himself--named a Best Book of the Year by The Washington Post, the San Francisco Chronicle, and Entertainment Weekly

A Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize

Perched in the far corner of a run-down New England mall, the Red Lobster hasn't been making its numbers and headquarters has pulled the plug. But manager Manny DeLeon still needs to navigate a tricky last shift--just four days before Christmas and in the midst of a fierce blizzard--with a near-mutinous staff and the final onslaught of hungry retirees, lunatics, and holiday office parties. All the while, he's wondering how to handle the waitress he's still in love with, 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 a poignant yet redemptive look at what a man does when he discovers that his best might not be good enough.

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
2007
November 1
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
160
Pages
PUBLISHER
Penguin Publishing Group
SELLER
PENGUIN GROUP USA, INC.
SIZE
1.2
MB

Customer Reviews

Hawken48 ,

Better deal

If you want to get this book for a better deal, I got it for 3$ at big lots! Gotta love that place!

maurawhre ,

Mediocre

This book just never quite landed for me. I spent an entire day reading it, growing attached the characters, only for it to end like an overdeveloped and underwhelming Netflix movie that has run out of money and ideas by the last 30 minutes. It was nostalgic as a former server and patron of red lobster with my own grandma, and the main character seems to have a connection to his abuelita. Very vague in parts, filled with unnecessary details in others

Sly gray ,

Last night at the lobster

Very well written. Thoroughly enjoyed.

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