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Lincoln in the bardo : a novel / George Saunders.

Saunders, George, 1958- (Author). Offerman, Nick, 1970- (narrator.). Sedaris, David, (narrator.). Brownstein, Carrie, 1974- (narrator.). Cheadle, Don, (narrator.). Dennings, Kat, 1986- (narrator.). Dunham, Lena, 1986- (narrator.). Hader, Bill, 1978- (narrator.). July, Miranda, 1974- (narrator.). Key, Keegan-Michael, 1971- (narrator.). Moore, Julianne, (narrator.). Mullally, Megan, (narrator.). O'Brien, Mike, 1976- (narrator.). Sarandon, Susan, 1946- (narrator.). Stiller, Ben, 1965- (narrator.). Tambor, Jeffrey, 1944- (narrator.). Tweedy, Jeff, 1967- (narrator.). Whitford, Bradley, (narrator.). Wilson, Patrick, 1973- (narrator.). Wilson, Rainn, 1966- (narrator.).

Summary:

February 1862. The Civil War is less than one year old. The fighting has begun in earnest, and the nation has begun to realize it is in for a long, bloody struggle. Meanwhile, President Lincoln's beloved eleven-year-old son, Willie, lies upstairs in the White House, gravely ill. In a matter of days, despite predictions of a recovery, Willie dies and is laid to rest in a Georgetown cemetery. Newspapers report that a grief-stricken Lincoln returned to the crypt several times alone to hold his boy's body. Willie Lincoln finds himself in a strange purgatory, where ghosts mingle, gripe, commiserate, quarrel, and enact bizarre acts of penance. Within this transitional state, called, in the Tibetan tradition, the bardo, a monumental struggle erupts over young Willie's soul.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0553397575
  • ISBN: 9780553397574
  • ISBN: 0553397591
  • ISBN: 9780553397598
  • Physical Description: 6 audio discs (7 hr., 30 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: Unabridged.
  • Publisher: New York : Random House Audio ; [2017]

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Read by Nick Offerman, David Sedaris and George Saunders, with a full cast that includes Carrie Brownstein, Don Cheadle, Kat Dennings, Lena Dunham, Bill Hader, Miranda July, Mary Karr, Keegan-Michael Key, Julianne Moore, Megan Mullally, Mike O'Brien, Susan Sarandon, Ben Stiller, Jeffrey Tambor, Jeff Tweedy, Bradley Whitford, Patrick Wilson, and Rainn Wilson.

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