Vigil
From the Booker Prize-winning author of ‘Lincoln in the Bardo’
$28.86
- Paperback
192 pages
- Release Date
3 February 2026
Summary
Pre-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
‘He will be read long after these times have passed’ Zadie Smith
What a lovely home I found myself plummeting toward…
Not for the first time – in fact, for the 343rd t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781037204180 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1037204182 |
| Author: | George Saunders |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 3 February 2026 |
| Weight: | 246g |
| Dimensions: | 39mm x 234mm x 216mm |
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Critics Review
Exquisitely strange and beautiful, devastating, and so, so funny. Nobody but George Saunders writes like this – Meg MasonOpenness has long been a hallmark of Saunders’ fiction, and it’s on full display in this elegant and subtle book * Kirkus *
About The Author
George Saunders
George Saunders is the author of thirteen books, including Lincoln in the Bardo, which won the 2017 Booker Prize. Three of his 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, and in 2013, he was named one of the world’s 100 Most Influential People by Time magazine. In 2025, he received the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters from the National Book Foundation. He teaches in the creative writing program at Syracuse University.
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