Winner of the Man Booker Prize, Lincoln in the Bardo is the long-awaited first novel from acclaimed writer George Saunders. On the one hand a tender father-son story; on the other hand a tragic, hilarious philosophical ghost story featuring none other than Abraham Lincoln and his son Willie (and many, many others, alive and dead); Lincoln in the Bardo has stunned, tickled, and touched the hearts of hundreds of thousands of readers. An astonishing feat of imagination and a bold step forward from one of the most important and influential writers of his generation, it is a testament to fiction’s ability to speak honestly and powerfully to a timeless, profound question: How do we live and love when we know that everything we love must end? Chicago Tribune Books editor Jennifer Day joins Saunders in conversation.

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A book signing will follow this program.