Last Night at the Lobster

Have you ever read a book in which one of the characters reminds you very strongly of someone you know?

I read Last Night at the Lobster by Stewart O'Nan Friday afternoon (it's a scant hundred and fifty pages) and couldn't help being reminded of one of my internet acquaintances, whom I was visualizing as the lead character when I read.


I recommended the book to him and he said he'd "definitely check it out" but that it might "hit too close to home." Uh, yeah, that's why I recommended it.

As I mentioned, it's a short book, so most of the backstory is left to the imagination. That's frustrating in a sense, but there's also a major sense of reality in that the denouement one expects never really arrives.

Kinda like real life.

I love this quote from the jacket...

"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."

Yeah, it's like that.