In Part 2 of our interview with literary giant George Saunders, to mark the publication of his new novel Lincoln in the Bardo, we asked the author what prompted him to write about the figure of Abraham Lincoln, and how he feels this fits into our contemporary political landscape.
Having followed the Trump campaign trail for The New Yorker, Saunders tells us about some of the conversations he had with the now-president's followers and what he feels is a yearning to re-engage with art in our contemporary media culture.
Having garnered huge critical acclaim throughout his career for his short stories and essays, this is Saunders' first novel to be published-a tale told through a chorus of ghosts in a graveyard one night, as Lincoln visits the crypt of his infant son, Willie.
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