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Description
Order the latest book from the Booker Prize–winning 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 next
Not for the first time – in fact, for the 343rd time – Jill 'Doll' Blaine finds herself crashing down to earth, head-first, rear-up, 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… isn't 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 man's 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?
Product details
| Published | 21 Jan 2027 |
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| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 192 |
| ISBN | 9781526624345 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Dimensions | 198 x 129 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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A wild ride through recent history, otherworldly reunions and good and evil – suitably big themes for one of America's most distinguished and original writers
Spectator
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A tender morality tale … intrigue thrums everywhere
Observer
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The first must-read book of the year
Vogue
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Faulkner meets Citizen Kane... such is Saunders' skill and empathetic imagination that the questions raised by his concocted other world... generally prove more mysterious than mystifying
Financial Times
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Staggering... Saunders has outdone himself with this endlessly irreverent work of art
Publishers Weekly
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Vigil… moves into even more anarchic and funny territory than that 2017 Booker-winning masterpiece with this new novel's unhinged spirits and pitiful ghosts… a meditation on the manipulative nature of modern language… resonates deeply in our fractious, selfish age
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