George Saunders Vigil : From the Booker Prize-winning author of 'Lincoln in the

Order the latest book from the Booker Prizewinning author of Lincoln in the Bardo a playful, wise, electric novel taking place at the bedside of an oil company CEO, in the twilight hours of his life, as he is ferried from this world into the nextHe will be read long after these times have passed Zadie SmithWhat a lovely home I found myself plummeting toward. . . Not for the first time in fact, for the 343rd time Jill Doll Blaine finds herself crashing down to earth, headfirst, rearup, to accompany her latest charge into the afterlife. She soon realises however that this man is not quite like the others. For powerful oil tycoon K.J. Boone will not be consoled, because he has nothing to regret. He lived a big, bold life, and the world is better for it... isnt it? As death approaches, a cast of worldly and otherworldly visitors arrive. Crowds of people and animals alive and dead materialise, birds swarm the dying mans room, and associates from decades past show up, all clamouring for a reckoning. In this electric novel brimming with explosive imagination, George Saunders confronts the biggest issues of our time with his trademark humour and warmth, spinning a tale that encompasses life and death, good and evil, and the inevitable question who else could we be but exactly who we are? | George Saunders Vigil : From the Booker Prize-winning author of 'Lincoln in the