Oprah on Friday named "The Story of Edgar Sawtelle" by
Wroblewski as the 62nd pick for her book club, saying the debut
novel was "right up there with the greatest American novels
ever written."
"It's everything you want a book to be," Oprah said in a
statement.
The novel is set on a northern Wisconsin farm in the 1970s
and was described as tale of a mute boy named Edgar and the
special bond he shares with his dog Almondine, interweaving
mystery and family intrigue into a coming-of-age story.
Oprah's book club is the biggest in the world with 2
million online members and books chosen for Oprah's book club
invariably skyrocket to the top of U.S. bestseller lists.
The author, who was born in 1959, was raised in rural
central Wisconsin, not far from where "The Story of Edgar
Sawtelle" is set. He now lives in Colorado with his partner,
writer Kimberly McClintock.
Wroblewski said he was "proud and excited" that his book
had been chosen for Oprah's Book Club.
"My highest hope is that it does for you the simple work
novels were meant for: to create, for days or weeks, that
delicious doubled life of the here-and-now folded back upon the
there-and-then," he said in a statement.
"The Story of Edgar Sawtelle" was first published this year
by Ecco, an imprint of Harper Collins that is owned by News
Corp.
(Writing by Belinda Goldsmith, editing by Todd Eastham)
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