'Edgar Sawtelle' Joins Oprah's Book Club
Winfrey unveiled David Wroblewski's first novel as her latest pick on Friday.
(By George Burns -- Harpo Productions Via Associated Press)
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Saturday, September 20, 2008
CHICAGO -- Oprah Winfrey announced Friday she'd chosen David Wroblewski's "The Story of Edgar Sawtelle" as her latest book club pick, calling the debut novel a classic and the "best novel I've read in a long, long, long time."
The book is already one of the summer's hottest reads and ranked ninth on this week's New York Times bestseller list. It is certain to get a lot hotter with one of the biggest boosts any book can get these days: a little sticker on the cover proclaiming it as one of Winfrey's book club selections.
"Edgar Sawtelle," which Wroblewski worked on for about a decade, is the story of a mute boy who communicates best with his dogs. Wroblewski grew up in rural Wisconsin, the setting for his book.
Wroblewski said he has been amazed by the reception the book, which he called a "very private project," has received, saying he wasn't even sure he would find a publisher for it.
"I expected there would be a few readers out there who would connect with it, but what happened this summer was not on my radar at all," he said.
