{"product_id":"the-dog-stars-paperback","title":"The Dog Stars - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter Heller\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER - From the author of \u003ci\u003eThe River\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLook for Peter Heller's new novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Ranger\u003c\/i\u003e, coming soon!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePETER HELLER 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\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 07, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42724309958719,"sku":"9780307950475","price":21.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/adcf1ef7c44b147b9560d83d3a71fc44_e5550fa3-f585-4b5a-a77b-f147524e75e7.webp?v=1765102233","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-dog-stars-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}