{"product_id":"vigil","title":"Vigil","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat a lovely home I found myself plummeting toward. . .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNot for the first time - in fact, for the 343rd time - Jill 'Doll' Blaine finds herself crashing down to earth, head-first, rear-up, to accompany her latest charge into the afterlife. She soon realises however that this man is not quite like the others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor powerful oil tycoon K.J. Boone will not be consoled, because he has nothing to regret. He lived a big, bold life, and the world is better for it. isn't it?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs death approaches, a cast of worldly and otherworldly visitors arrive. Crowds of people and animals - alive and dead - materialise, birds swarm the dying man's room, and associates from decades past show up, all clamouring for a reckoning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this electric novel brimming with explosive imagination, George Saunders confronts the biggest issues of our time with his trademark humour and warmth, spinning a tale that encompasses life and death, good and evil, and the inevitable question: who else could we be but exactly who we are?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51922958680386,"sku":"9781037204180","price":36.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/7822\/1890\/files\/vigil.jpg?v=1782013648","url":"https:\/\/greatkiwibook.store\/products\/vigil","provider":"The Great Kiwi Bookstore Kaiapoi","version":"1.0","type":"link"}