Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

Join us at the lovely Metronome Cafe for the meetup of the Merton Book Club.

The winner of the 2017 Man Booker Prize. Narrated by a chorus of voices, George Saunders’ startlingly original novel is a thrilling exploration of death, grief and the possibilities of life.

February, 1862. Two days after his death, 11-year-old Willie Lincoln is laid to rest in a marble crypt in a Georgetown cemetery. All that night, his father Abraham paces the darkness of the graveyard, shattered with grief. Meanwhile, Willie is trapped in a state of limbo between the dead and the living - drawn to his father with whom he can no longer communicate, existing in a ghostly world populated by the recently passed and the long dead.

Some reviews:

• I have to admit I approached this book with all sorts of preconceived ideas.
• Wow. Just wow. Sometimes you read a book that you savour.
• This was an outstanding piece of imaginative fiction. I am in awe of the author.