Last Night at the Lobster - Tapa blanda

[A] deeply perceptive and observant little book, 140 pages that pack a bigger punch than all those 600 page tomes. * Dovegreyreader * A masterful portrait. * The Washington Post Book World * O'Nan crafts a perfectly observed slice of working-class life. * Entertainment Weekly * A delightful heartbreaker of a novel . . . Exquisite. * USA Today * A book that embodies what's best in us. -- Stephen King

'A book that embodies what's best in us.' - Stephen King Washington Post Best Book of the Year,2017 San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year, 2017 Entertainment Weekly Best Book of the Year,2017 The Red Lobster chain restaurant perched in the far corner of a run-down American mall hasn't been making its numbers and has pulled the plug. But manager Manny DeLeon still needs to navigate a tricky last shift with a near-mutinous staff and the final onslaught of hungry retirees, lunatics, and office parties. All the while, Manny wondering how to handle the waitress he's still in love with, what to do about his pregnant girlfriend, and how to find the Christmas 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 American cult classic and a masterpiece of precision and empathy.