{"product_id":"vigil-paperback-4","title":"Vigil - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeorge Saunders\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn electric novel from the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling, Booker Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eLincoln in the Bardo, \u003c\/i\u003e 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\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNot for the first time, Jill \"Doll\" Blaine finds herself hurtling toward earth, reconstituting as she falls, right down to her favorite black pumps. She plummets towards her newest charge, yet another soul she must usher into the afterlife, and lands headfirst in the circular drive of his ornate mansion. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe has performed this sacred duty 343 times since her own death. Her charges, as a rule, have been greatly comforted in their final moments. But this charge, she soon discovers, isn't like the others. The powerful K. J. Boone will not be consoled, because he has nothing to regret. He lived a big, bold, epic life, and the world is better for it. Isn't it? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eVigil \u003c\/i\u003etransports us, careening, through the wild final evening of a complicated man. Visitors begin to arrive (worldly and otherworldly, alive and dead), clamoring for a reckoning. Birds swarm the dying man's room; a black calf grazes on the love seat; a man from a distant, drought-ravaged village materializes; two oil-business cronies from decades past show up with chilling plans for Boone's postdeath future. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith the wisdom, playfulness, and explosive imagination we've come to expect, George Saunders takes on the gravest issues of our time--the menace of corporate greed, the toll of capitalism, the environmental perils of progress--and, in the process, spins a tale that encompasses life and death, good and evil, and the thorny question of absolution.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge Saunders\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of thirteen books, including the novel \u003ci\u003eLincoln in the Bardo, \u003c\/i\u003e which won the Booker Prize, and five collections of stories, including \u003ci\u003eTenth of December, \u003c\/i\u003e which was a finalist for the National Book Award, and the recent collection \u003ci\u003eLiberation Day \u003c\/i\u003e(selected by former President Obama as one of his ten favorite books of 2022). Three of Saunders's books--\u003ci\u003ePastoralia, Tenth of December, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLincoln in the Bardo\u003c\/i\u003e--were chosen for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e's list of the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century. Saunders hosts the popular Story Club on Substack, which grew out of his book on the Russian short story, \u003ci\u003eA Swim in a Pond in the Rain\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2013, he was named one of the world's 100 Most Influential People by \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e. He teaches in the creative writing program at Syracuse University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.64 x 9.14 x 6.22 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 27, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLarge Print:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47391916425465,"sku":"9798217344901","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/AcNx2w-X7Q9798217344901.webp?v=1770232509","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/vigil-paperback-4","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}