{"product_id":"vigil","title":"Vigil","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat a lovely home I found myself plummeting toward. . .\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNot 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. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBoone 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?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 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?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Little Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"George Saunders","offer_id":56621588152697,"sku":"9781526624307","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0474\/8211\/0109\/files\/9781526624307.jpg?v=1770478366","url":"https:\/\/www.thelittlebookshopleeds.co.uk\/products\/vigil","provider":"The Little Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}