The Story of Edgar Sawtelle

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle

(This review first appeared in July 2008) Rating:  The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, by David Wroblewski.  Ecco (2008), 576 pages. I heard about The Story of Edgar Sawtelle long before it was published, due to early rave reviews billing it as “An American...
A Reliable Wife

A Reliable Wife

Rating:  A Reliable Wife, by Robert Goolrick.  Algonquin (2009), 291 pages. Goolrick’s novel is set in rural Wisconsin in the early 1900s—a time period and location I am most definitely interested in.  And the plot involves St. Louis opium dens, sex,...