| International Standard Book Number |
9780525509622
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| International Standard Book Number |
0525509623
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| Personal Name |
Saunders, George, 1958- author.
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| Title Statement |
Vigil : a novel / George Saunders.
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| Edition Statement |
First edition.
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| Imprint |
New York : Random House, [2026]
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| Physical Description |
192 pages ; 21 cm.
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| Summary, Etc. |
"Not for the first time, Jill "Doll" Blaine finds herself hurtling toward earth, reconstituting as she falls, right down to her favorite black pumps. She plummets towards her newest charge, yet anothersoul she must usher into the afterlife, and lands headfirst in the circular drive of his ornate mansion. She has performed this sacred duty 343 times since her own death arges, as a rule, have been greatly comforted in their final moments is charge, she soon discovers, isn't like the others. The powerful K ne will not be consoled, because he has nothing to regret. He lived a big, bold, epic life, and theworld is better for it. Isn't it?"-- Provided by publisher.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Rich people Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Death Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Businessmen Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Chief executive officers Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Spirits Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Future life Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Avarice Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Repentance Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Petroleum industry and trade Environmental aspects Fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Ecofiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
ghost stories.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Histoires de fantomes.
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