George Saunders on 'Lincoln in the Bardo'

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George Saunders on 'Lincoln in the Bardo'

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Mar 8, 2017

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In this bonus programme, TLS fiction editor Toby Lichtig interviews George Saunders about his first novel, 'Lincoln in the Bardo'.
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