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Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

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Ted Gioia
Jan 01, 2000
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Abraham Lincoln is alive and well, at least judging by pop culture. Not long ago, he got remade as the hero of a Steven Spielberg movie, a rare honor which puts him up in the stratosphere alongside Indiana Jones and E.T. Around that same time, another film featured the exploits of Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter—perhaps the strangest cinematic depiction…

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