Vigil

From the Booker Prize-winning author of 'Lincoln in the Bardo'

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Beschreibung

<p><b>**THE INSTANT <i>SUNDAY TIMES </i>AND <i>NEW YORK TIMES </i>BESTSELLER**</b><br><br>'The first must-read book of the year' <i><b>Vogue</b></i><br>'Resonates deeply in our fractious, selfish age' <b><i>Independent</i></b><br>'One of America's most distinguished and original writers' <i><b>Spectator</b></i><br><br><b>Order the latest book from the Booker Prize-winning author of </b><i>Lincoln in the Bardo</i><b> - 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</b><br><br><i>What a lovely home I found myself plummeting toward. . .</i> <br><br>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. <br><br>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? <br><br>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. <br><br>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?<br><br><i>Vigil </i>was no. 10 in the <i>Sunday Times </i>Hardback Fiction chart and no. 1 in the <i>New York Times </i>Hardcover Fiction chart, w/e 1 February</p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781526624307

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Buch

Maße

240 x 156 x 22 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2026

Verlag / Hersteller

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC