The Story of Edgar Sawtelle

Ideally, I like to read the dog books before I recommend them here.  But when Janet Maslin of the New York Times calls The Story of Edgar Sawtelle “the most enchanting debut novel of the summer,” well, there’s no time to waste.

David Wroblewski’s 15-years-in-the-making novel is described as “an epic novel about a mute boy’s extraordinary communion with his dogs…The tale is structured along the lines of ‘Hamlet,’ with elements of Rudyard Kipling and Stephen King mixed in with the Shakespeare.”

Uh, that sounds just right for the perfect summer read.  So get going, I just saw a back to school ad for Target and wanted to cry. 

Click here buy the book and let me know what you think. 

Read NYT’s Patricia Cohen’s interview with the author here.

Read Janet Maslin’s review  here.