Virgil: A Novel by George Saunders Notebook Fly high to paint

Fly high to paint

like 15-year-old Stella Temple

he’s grateful—and more than a little eager to stick around for an after-hours drink–turned–tryst

It’s my turn to become the Guardian

As the residents of Winthrop Island prepare for the first summer season after the sacrifice of war

Virgil: A Novel by George Saunders Notebook Fly high to paintNot for the first time, Jill Doll Blaine finds herself hurtling toward earth, reconstituting as she falls, right down to her favorite black pumps. She plummets towards her newest charge, yet another soul she must usher into the afterlife, and lands headfirst in the circular drive of his ornate mansion. She has performed this sacred duty 343 times since her own death. Her charges, as a rule, have been greatly comforted in their final moments. But this