The Dog Stars [Paperback]

Hig somehow survived the flu pandemic that killed everyone he knows. Now his 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.
 
But 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.

ASan Francisco ChronicleandAtlantic MonthlyBest Book of the Year

“Extraordinary. . . . One of those books that makes you happy for literature.” —Junot Díaz,The Wall Street Journal
 
“This end-of-the-world novel [is] more like a rapturous beginning. . . . Remarkable.” —San Francisco Chronicle 
   
“For all those who thought Cormac McCarthy’sThe Roadthe last word on the post-apocalyptic world—think again. . . . Make time and space for this savage, tender, brilliant book.” —Glen Duncan, author ofThe Last Werewolf
 
“Heart-wrenching and richly written. . . .The Dog Starsis a love story, but not just in the typical sense. It’s an ode to friendship between two men, a story of the strong bond between a human and a dog, and a reminder of what is worth living for.” —Minneapolis Star-Tribune

“A dreamy, postapocalyptic love letter to things of beauty, big and small.” –Gillian Flynn, author ofGone Girl 

Heartbreaking —The Seattle Times
 
“A brilliant success.” —The New Yorker
 
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