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020			_a9781408871775 (pbk.) : _c£8.99
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050		0	_aPS3569.A7897 _bL56 2017
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100	1		_aSaunders, George, _d1958- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aLincoln in the Bardo / _cGeorge Saunders.
260			_aLondon : _bBloomsbury, _c2017.
300			_a341 pages ; _c20 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
520	8		_aThe American Civil War rages while President Lincoln's 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 boy's 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, gripe, and commiserate, and stony tendrils creep towards the boy, a monumental struggle erupts over young Willie's soul. Unfolding over a single night, 'Lincoln in the Bardo' is written with George Saunders' inimitable humour, pathos, and grace.
586			_aMan Booker Prize 2017
600	1	0	_aLincoln, Abraham, _d1809-1865 _vFiction.
600	1	0	_aLincoln, William Wallace, _d1850-1862 _vFiction.
651		0	_aUnited States _xHistory _yCivil War, 1861-1865 _vFiction.
655		0	_aBiographical fiction.
655		7	_aHistorical. _2ukslc
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