About the Book: Lincoln In The Bardo
The American Civil War rages while President Lincolns beloved eleven-year-old
son lies gravely ill. In a matter of days, Willie dies and is laid to rest in a
Georgetown cemetery. Newspapers report that a grief-stricken Lincoln returns to
the crypt several times alone to hold his boys body.From this seed of historical
truth, George Saunders spins an unforgettable story of familial love and loss
that breaks free of realism, entering a thrilling, supernatural domain both
hilarious and terrifying. Willie Lincoln finds himself trapped in a transitional
realm - called, in Tibetan tradition, the bardo - and as ghosts mingle,
squabble,