Oprah Picks Franzen For Book Club

By Marcus Gilmer in Arts & Entertainment on Sep 16, 2010 7:00PM

Oprah's made another book club pick and, again, it's Jonathan Franzen and his new novel, Freedom. Of course, most know of the previous kerfuffle between Franzen and Oprah: in 2001, Oprah picked the writer's novel The Corrections as her book club pick but Franzen later expressed queasiness about the selection which got his appearance on the Big O's show - which had already filmed - canceled. Franzen later apologized about his comments but the damage was done. Still, according to a trio of booksellers who spoke to the AP (the announcement won't be officially made until tomorrow) Oprah has mended that fence enough to once again endorse Franzen's work. Reviews and sales of the book are already stellar and this will only help.