Lincoln in the Bardo conjures one night at the height of the Civil War when President Lincoln clung to the body of his beloved son Willie in a crypt. Multiple narrators toiling in a phantom purgatory  bring into focus both a griving father and a shattered country.

"...Friedman writes in straightforward language that should make globalizaation's complexities commprehennsible. There's a great deal of wisdom in this book"