Vigil is a loosely based historical fiction novel by George Sanders. The story covers the death of a famous and influential oil executive and his journey into the afterlife. K.T. Boone is unremorseful bully that has lied his way through life deceiving and harming others while inflicting terrible damage to the world for his own personal gain. Jill "Doll" Blaine is his noble and unlucky guide to the afterlife. She tries valiantly to get him to find comfort by repenting his sins to no avail. By the time Boone admits his bad deeds, he is already dead and destined to remain in purgatory. The book has a sad message that people like Boone are "inevitable" and that guilt and innocence, accomplishment and harm, and sinner and saint get all mixed up. Let's hope that humans find a better way to sort the good from the bad.
I tried to think of who K.T. Boone is modeled after and thought of T. Boone Pickens. Pickens was an old oil company CEO from Dallas that was a ruthless corporate raider. However, he ended up giving up much of his fortune through philanthropy and was instrumental in the development of wind turbines throughout the Midwest. Rex Tillerson was aware early on of the damage to the environment while at Exxon, however I don't see him as the bully type. Donald Trump is the ultimate destructive force to the world in the promotion of fossil fuel; however, I don't believe he understands the damage he is causing.