Oh, oh.. this book is a must read for those who like dogs or who like modern versions of Shakespeare's plays. I don't know how many of these novels have been written, but surely this one sets the bar a little higher. The other book based on a Shakespearian play moved to modern times is A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley. It is an older book and also worth reading.
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle will make you cry and occasionally laugh, but you have to keep reading, day and night, until the book is done. Almondine is as much a character as anyone else in the book. You will marvel at how Wroblewski can write about dogs and how a dog thinks and feels. Each dog in Edgar's litter, that he has been given to raise and train, has a personality and each is different.
This book took ten years to write and I believe it. It is so well done. The author, David Wroblewski, writes software for his day job, but maybe he will give it up and write more novels.
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