01736cam a2200349 4500 2692583427 TxAuBib 20260303120000.0 251217s2026||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u BD25270051 9780525509622 0525509623 TxAuBib Saunders, George, 1958-, author. Vigil : a novel / George Saunders. First edition. New York : Random House, [2026] 192 pages ; 21 cm. "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. 20260303. Chief executive officers Fiction. Rich people Fiction. Businessmen Fiction. Petroleum industry and trade Environmental aspects Fiction. Avarice Fiction. Death Fiction. Spirits Fiction. Repentance Fiction. Future life Fiction. Ghost Stories. Ecofiction.