{"product_id":"the-dog-stars-peter-heller-paperback","title":"The Dog Stars -- Peter Heller, Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER - In this end-of-the-world novel more like a rapturous beginning (\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle), \u003c\/i\u003e Hig somehow survived the flu pandemic that killed everyone he knows. His gripping story is an ode to friendship between two men ... the strong bond between a human and a dog, and a reminder of what is worth living for (\u003ci\u003eMinneapolis Star-Tribune).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHig's wife is gone, his friends are dead, and he lives in the hangar of a small abandoned airport with his dog, Jasper, and a mercurial, gun-toting misanthrope named Bangley. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut when a random transmission beams through the radio of his 1956 Cessna, the voice ignites a hope deep inside him that a better life exists outside their tightly controlled perimeter. Risking everything, he flies past his point of no return and follows its static-broken trail, only to find something that is both better and worse than anything he could ever hope for.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Heller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/07\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.10w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307950475\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePETER HELLER\u003c\/b\u003e is the best-selling author of three novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Painter \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eCeline\u003c\/i\u003e. He holds an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop in both fiction and poetry. An award-winning adventure writer and a longtime contributor to NPR, Heller is a contributing editor at \u003ci\u003eOutside \u003c\/i\u003emagazine, \u003ci\u003eMen's Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNational Geographic Adventure\u003c\/i\u003e, and a regular contributor to \u003ci\u003eBloomberg Businessweek\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also the author of several nonfiction books, including \u003ci\u003eKook, The Whale Warriors\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHell or High Water: Surviving Tibet's Tsangpo River\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Denver, Colorado.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heller, Peter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48529512366308,"sku":"9780307950475","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/71qxROes2jL.jpg?v=1773828430","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/the-dog-stars-peter-heller-paperback","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}