Author Stewart O'Nan, who has produced 10 novels and two nonfiction books in 13 years, has a reputation for letting the reader's imagination consider the greater implications of his writing while he sticks to the story and character.

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The results, says Post-Gazette Book Editor Bob Hoover, are "novels that do ample justice to their specific subject because O'Nan works extensively within the confines of his books without going outside them."

O'Nan's new novel, "The Last Lobster," is a 146-page look at the last day at a Red Lobster chain restaurant that closed just before Christmas due to slow business.

The author sat down recently in the Post-Gazette studio for a video chat about his book.

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