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Managing a failed seafood restaurant in a run-down New England mall just before Christmas, Manny DeLeon coordinates a challenging final shift of mutinous staff members, an effort that is complicated by his love for a waitress, a pregnant girlfriend, and an elusive holiday gift
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Literature, Employees, Restaurateurs, Fiction, Restaurants, New York Times reviewed, Fiction, general, Connecticut, fictionPlaces
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Last Night at the Lobster
2008, Penguin Group USA, Inc.
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1436247489 9781436247481
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Last Night at the Lobster
November 1, 2007, Viking Adult
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0670018279 9780670018277
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Last Night at the Lobster
November 5, 2007, BBC Audiobooks America
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1602833044 9781602833043
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Stewart O'Nan has been called "the bard of the working class" and has now crafted a frank and funny yet emotionally resonant tale set within a vivid workaday world seldom seen in contemporary fiction. 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. With only four shopping days left until Christmas, Manny must convince his near-mutinous staff to hunker down and serve 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 at home, and the perfect present he still needs to buy. 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 enou
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