Vigil is by George Saunders. A strange fantasy novel by one of my few favorite modern authors. Jill is sent to earth to guide a dying soul to the afterlife. But K. J. Boone is unlike any charge she has ever encountered. He doesn't want to be consoled as he has nothing to regret - or does he? "Visitors" began to appear seeking a reckoning, birds swam the dying man's room, two cronies from the past arrive with their own agenda. This is not an easy read, but it is charming in its own way, as it looks at dying, good and evil, and what faces us in the afterlife.
Ratings: 12th grade - 7 out of 10 - (Profanity) - AC (mature thematic content).
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