From the bestselling and }Folio Prize{-winning author, George Saunders, comes a compelling story about Abraham Lincoln and the untimely, tragic death of his 11-year old son. Swiftly moving into a supernatural realm which is both hilarious and terrifying, Willie Lincoln is trapped in this transitional world called the bardo. Unfolding in one single night, ghosts mingle and squabble over the boy's young soul. An extraordinary novel, it poses one timeless and thought-provoking question: how do we live and love when we know that everything we hold dear must end?