Lincoln in the Bardo

February 1862. President Lincoln’s eleven-year-old son, Willie, dies from a grave illness and is laid to rest. From that historical truth spins a story of familial love and loss into a supernatural realm both hilarious and terrifying. In this debut novel, Willie Lincoln finds himself in a purgatory—the bardo—where ghosts enact bizarre acts of penance and a struggle erupts over young Willie’s soul.