01836nam a2200253   4500008004100000020001800041037004300059041001200102082001400114100002200128245001000150250000600160260004000166300000800206500109900214650001201313650001801325650001601343650002501359942000801384942000801392952016301400999001901563260811b        |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9781526624338  cPurchasednSS Enterprises, Kadavanthra  aEnglish  aFbSAU/VI  aSaunders, George   aVIGIL  a1  aLondonbBloomsbury Publishingc2026  g172  aNot 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  aFiction  aGhost stories  aEcofiction   a Paranormal fiction   cLEN  2ddc  00102ddc40708FICaMAINbMAINcFICd2026-08-09ePurchasedg699.00i2930,2026/08/07l1oF SAU/VIpE1103136r2026-08-30 10:32:55s2026-08-16w2026-08-09yLEN  c199084d199084