Book Review: Stewart O'Nan, "Lobster"


	Book Review: Stewart O'Nan, "Lobster"

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12-14-2007 6:55 AM

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<H1>Stewart O'Nan Makes a Splash with 'Lobster'</H1>
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<P><SPAN class="program"><EM><A href="http://www.npr.org/templates/rundowns/rundown.php?prgId=13">Fresh Air from WHYY</A>, </EM></SPAN><SPAN class="date">November 26, 2007 · </SPAN>                         Writer Stewart O'Nan has nearly 20 works of fiction and nonfiction to his credit, but his name isn't too well known beyond a community of loyal readers and independent-bookstore prowlers. </p> <P>But book critic Maureen Corrigan predicts that O'Nan's literary celebrity will grow in the wake of his latest book, <EM>Last Night at the Lobster</EM>. It's a little book, she says, that's making a big splash.</p> </DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/35FBC4DF-0B85-4CAF-8ED2-718F767FF1FB/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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