George Saunders Vigil review and information of the content of the new novel by the American author. Bloomsbury Publishing will publish novel by George Saunders, on January 27, 2026. Here you can read information about the content of the book, the author and the publication.
George Saunders Vigil reviews
- “Exquisitely strange and beautiful, devastating, and so, so funny. Nobody but George Saunders writes like this.” (Meg Mason)
- “He will be read long after these times have passed.” (Zadie Smith)
- “Openness has long been a hallmark of Saunders’ fiction, and it’s on full display in this elegant and subtle book.” (Kirkus)
Vigil
- Author: George Saunders (United States)
- Book type: American novel
- Publisher: Bloomsbury
- To be released: January 27, 2026
- Length: 192 pages
- Format: hardcover / ebook / audiobook
- Prize: £ 18.99
- Order book from: Amazon / Bol
Blurb of the George Saunders novel
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?
George Saunders is born December 2, 1958 in Amarillo, Teax. He 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.
