''Lincoln in the Bardo'' A Novel George Saunders 1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE

''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. “My poor boy, he was too good for this earth,” the president says..''
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