'The Story of Edgar Sawtelle' by David Wroblewski - Book Club Questions

In September 2008, Oprah Winfrey chose The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski for her Book Club. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle is David Wroblewski's debut novel. Use these book club discussion questions on The Story of Edgar Sawtelle to lead your reading group into Wroblewski's book.

Spoiler Warning: These book club discussion questions on The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski reveal important details about the story. Finish the book before reading on.

1. How does Edgar's muteness contribute to the story? How would it have been different if he could speak?

2. What did you think about the training techniques throughout the story? How did they change?

3. In what ways are different characters "haunted?"

4. How are Almondine and Essay different from other dogs? Different from each other?

5. Did you remember the poison in the prologue? Were you surprised by what happened?

6. Why do you think Edgar didn't want Trudy to tell him about his parents even though he was curious about it?

7. Some have compared The Story of Edgar Sawtelle to Hamlet. What parallels do you see? Differences?

8. Rate The Story of Edgar Sawtelle on a scale of 1 to 5.