In 1862, with the Civil War nearly a year old, Abraham Lincoln's son Willie died of TB aged 11. He was buried in West Oak Cemetery in Washington DC, and a grieving and devastated Lincoln went at night to visit his son's coffin, and physically hold his dead body for one last time. Out of this single event, George Saunders creates a unique novel where Lincoln's visit is observed and commented on by the ghosts of the bodies buried in the cemetery. They each have their own story, and through them...