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Narrator
Jonathan Davis
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Length
3 hours 49 minutes
Language
English
A frank and funny yet emotionally resonant tale set within a vivid work day world, soon to be the basis of a major motion picture
Perched in the far corner of a run-down New England mall, the Red Lobster restaurant 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 nearly mutinous staff and the final onslaught of hungry retirees, lunatics, and holiday office parties. All the while, he is 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.
Stewart O’Nan is the author of more than a dozen novels, including West of Sunset; The Odds; Emily, Alone; and Snow Angels, as well as several works of nonfiction, including, with Stephen King, the New York Times bestselling Faithful. His novel Last Night at the Lobster was a national bestseller and a finalist for the 2007 Los Angeles Times Book Prize. He was born and raised and lives with his family in Pittsburgh.
Jonathan Davis has narrated numerous audiobooks, receiving widespread critical acclaim for his performances in a variety of genres including an Audie Award nomination in the Thriller/Suspense category for his narration of Michael Gruber's Night of the Jaguar. His work includes The Stranger, The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Battlestar Galactica, Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, and Atherton. His performance in Naked Statistics by Charles Wheelan won an Audie nomination in 2014. He has also narrated over thirty Star Wars titles, including Attack of the Clones, Revenge of the Sith and Dark Lord. Davis gave voice to Vladimir Lem, one of the central figures in the video game "Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne", which won several Editors Choice Awards.
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Audiobook details
Author:
Stewart O’Nan
Narrator:
Jonathan Davis
ISBN:
9781602833289
Length:
3 hours 49 minutes
Language:
English
Publisher:
Blackstone Publishing
Publication date:
November 5, 2007
Edition:
Unabridged
Reviews
“Demonstrates once again why the author is known as the ‘bard of the working class’…This slice-of-life novel is funny, poignant, and exquisitely rendered.”
“A deeply moving novel about how we work, how we live, and how we get to the next day with our spirits intact. If there was ever a book that embodies what’s best in us, it’s Stewart O’Nan’s Last Night at the Lobster.”
“O’Nan’s empathy for his characters is one of his great gifts as a novelist, and it is an impressive achievement that Manny’s misplaced affection for Red Lobster is not risible, but tragic…O’Nan is also a bitter realist.”
“A delightful heartbreaker of a novel…Exquisite.”
“O’Nan crafts a perfectly observed slice of working-class life.”
“A masterful portrait.”
“Touching…Small but not slight, the novel is a concise, poignant portrait of a man on the verge of losing himself.”
“A rueful mood piece from prolific, eclectic O’Nan about the closing of a chain restaurant…Very low-key, but haunting and quietly provocative.”
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