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A curiouser and curiouser reinterpretation of Alice's world; Excelsior native Frank Beddor makes literary waves with his reimagining of Lewis Carroll's novel.(WEST)

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From: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
Date: 20060927
Author:Gustafson, David

Byline: David Gustafson; Staff Writer

Excelsior native Frank Beddor is probably the only writer in the world who has been threatened with execution by a militant faction of an "Alice in Wonderland" society.

Now a Hollywood producer in Los Angeles, he earned the death sentence with his recent book, "The Looking Glass Wars," a reinterpretation of the whimsical children's story as a dark tale of war and violence.

When Beddor arrived at Heathrow Airport in London following publication of the novel abroad, he was accosted by angry members of a Lewis Carroll society.

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