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**THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**

'The first must-read book of the year' Vogue
'Resonates deeply in our fractious, selfish age' Independent
'One of America's most distinguished and original writers' Spectator

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

What 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, 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?

Vigil was no. 10 in the Sunday Times Hardback Fiction chart and no. 1 in the New York Times Hardcover Fiction chart, w/e 1 February

**THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**

'The first must-read book of the year' Vogue
'Resonates deeply in our fractious, selfish age' Independent
'One of America's most distinguished and original writers' Spectator

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

What 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, 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?

Vigil was no. 10 in the Sunday Times Hardback Fiction chart and no. 1 in the New York Times Hardcover Fiction chart, w/e 1 February

Über den Autor
George Saunders is the author of thirteen books, including the novel Lincoln in the Bardo, which won the Booker Prize in 2017, and five collections of stories including Tenth of December, which was a finalist for the National Book Award, and the recent collection Liberation Day (selected by former President Obama has one of his ten favourite books of 2021). Three of Saunders' books -Pastoralia, Tenth of December, and Lincoln in the Bardo - were chosen for the New York Times' 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, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain. In 2013, he was named one of the world's 100 Most Influential People by Time magazine. He teaches in the creative writing program at Syracuse University.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2026
Genre: Importe, Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Buch
ISBN-13: 9781526624307
ISBN-10: 1526624303
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Saunders, George
Hersteller: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Bloomsbury Publishing Ireland Limited, 29 Earlsfort Terrace, ?-D02 AY28 Dublin, productsafety@bloomsbury.com
Maße: 240 x 156 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: George Saunders
Erscheinungsdatum: 11.02.2026
Gewicht: 0,372 kg
Artikel-ID: 134556845

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