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'Edgar Sawtelle' newest Winfrey book pick

CHICAGO (UPI) -- U.S. talk show host Oprah Winfrey says the next book her fans should read is "The Story of Edgar Sawtelle" by David Wroblewski.

Winfrey said on her TV show this week the book from the first-time novelist is worthy of her Book Club because of its reworking of Elizabethan-era playwright William Shakespeare's "Hamlet," the Los Angeles Times reported Friday.

Updating Shakespeare's tale of a Danish prince, Wroblewski's novel is set in the Midwestern United States and includes characters ranging from police officers to dog breeders.

The book, which Wroblewski said took him a decade to write, is a best seller and earned rave reviews in Winfrey's Oprah magazine, the Times said.

Winfrey's Book Club has an estimated 2 million members.

Copyright 2008 by United Press International

This news arrived on: 09/20/2008

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