'With its evocative descriptions of hunting, fishing, and flying,, perhaps the world's most poetic survival guide, reads as if Billy Collins had novelized one of George Romero's zombie flicks.' - Publishers Weekly (starred) That's what Peter Heller has given us in his beautifully written first novel.' -Scott Smith, author of A Simple Plan and The Ruins

More hunger for love-more capacity for it, too. Now imagine this man retains more hope than might be wise in such a battered and brutal time. Add in a heartbroken man with a fishing rod, some guns, a small plane. Place it in a world where a flu mutation has wiped out ninety-nine percent of the population. In The Dog Stars, Peter Heller serves up an insightful account of physical, mental, and spiritual survival unfolded in dramatic and often lyrical prose.' - The Boston Globe 'An elegy for a lost world turns suddenly into a paean to new possibilities. 'A post-apocalyptic adventure novel with the soul of haiku.' - The Columbus Dispatch Recalling the bleakness of Cormac McCarthy and the trout-praising beauty of David James Duncan, The Dog Stars makes a compelling case that the wild world will survive the apocalypse just fine it's the humans who will have the heavy lifting.' - Outside 'Dark, poetic, and funny.' -Jennifer Reese, NPR 'A book that rests easily on shelves with Dean Koontz, Jack London or Hemingway.' - The Missourian 'Beautifully written and morally challenging' - The Atlantic Monthly 'A dreamy, postapocalyptic love letter to things of beauty, big and small.' -Gillian Flynn, author of Gone Girl 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 The Dog Stars is a love story, but not just in the typical sense. Make time and space for this savage, tender, brilliant book.' -Glen Duncan, author of The Last Werewolf 'For all those who thought Cormac McCarthy's The Road the last word on the post-apocalyptic world-think again.

'This end-of-the-world novel more like a rapturous beginning. One of those books that makes you happy for literature.' -Junot Díaz, The Wall Street Journal

A San Francisco Chronicle and Atlantic Monthly Best Book of the Year

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