http://community.victoriaadvocate.com/home/Blog/tbozick/5975 I thought this was slightly amusing, especially since my husband is a lifer at Red Lobster. Author Stewart O'Nan wrote Last Night at the Lobster as fiction following employees in the last days before an under-performing Red Lobster finally closes. Mr. O'Nan definitely knew where to find drama -- in the lives of employees struggling to either make ends meet or make the numbers to keep a job to support a family, or in one character's case, pregnancy. The New York Times article "Requiem for a Red Lobster" gives readers insight on how the author bought and studied a Red Lobster operating manual to provide accuracy in his fiction. The book was apparently inspired by a true incident, where people of a small town went to meet at the local Red Lobster to find it closed. I thought this was slightly amusing, especially since my husband is a lifer at Red Lobster. Author Stewart O'Nan wrote Last Night at the Lobster as fiction following employees in the last days before an under-performing Red Lobster finally closes. Mr. O'Nan definitely knew where to find drama -- in the lives of employees struggling to either make ends meet or make the numbers to keep a job to support a family, or in one character's case, pregnancy. The New York Times article "Requiem for a Red Lobster" gives readers insight on how the author bought and studied a Red Lobster operating manual to provide accuracy in his fiction. The book was apparently inspired by a true incident, where people of a small town went to meet at the local Red Lobster to find it closed. en-us Thanks for the review.........very interesting Times piece on it, too. Not often I am motivated to buy a book by a review........generally, word of mouth, gifts, and ones I stumble across in garage sales or book fairs and in Barnes and Noble, while looking for something for someone else, are the books I read. This one sounds like a good story.......may just pick it up. http://community.victoriaadvocate.com/home/Blog/tbozick/5975/#c_27376 http://community.victoriaadvocate.com/home/Blog/tbozick/5975/#c_27376 Thanks for the review.........very interesting Times piece on it, too. Not often I am motivated to buy a book by a review........generally, word of mouth, gifts, and ones I stumble across in garage sales or book fairs and in Barnes and Noble, while looking for something for someone else, are the books I read. This one sounds like a good story.......may just pick it up.