Vigil

Vigil by George Saunders | Pre-Order January 27, 2025

From the Booker Prize–winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Lincoln in the Bardo, Vigil is a gripping, surreal novel about life, death, and the search for redemption. Jill “Doll” Blaine guides souls to the afterlife—but her newest charge, oil tycoon K. J. Boone, is unlike any other. As his final night unfolds, visitors from the living and the dead arrive, and the mansion becomes a chaotic stage for reckoning, morality, and legacy.

With Saunders’ trademark wit, heart, and imagination, Vigil explores corporate greed, environmental peril, and the human desire to be seen and absolved. A must-read for fans of literary fiction, magical realism, and profound explorations of life’s final moments.

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