Random House will publish VIGIL, a new novel by George Saunders, on January 27, 2026. Saunders won the Booker Prize for his first novel Lincoln in the Bardo, which was published in 2017. The publisher writes, “This new novel takes 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 by Jill ‘Doll’ Blaine, tasked with guiding souls into the afterlife.” Saunders tells Vulture that the novel is a companion to Lincoln in the Bardo, adding “And there’s a third on the way (I […]
