I have to say this was a pretty perfect little book. Only 146 pages so really a novella. It's simple, a sad old mall in New England has a Red Lobster that is closing down. Hardly the stuff of tragedy but somehow it is. The manager Manny who works from opening till the last lights are closed off is the hero and the love he has for doing things right exalts the day and place to something beyond a crappy chain restaurant closing in a crappy mall. It's the story of the people in David Shipler's Working Poor, only fiction. It's a timely book for this economy, a lot of places besides Red Lobster will be closing soon. Hopefully we can all handle whatever comes with at least as much dignity as Manny.
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