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008			020713s2012 nyu 000 1 eng
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050	0	0	_aPS3608.E454 _bD64 2012
082	0	0	_aFIC HEL
100	1		_aHeller, Peter
245	1	4	_aThe dog stars _c/ Peter Heller.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew York _b: Alfred A. Knopf _c, 2012.
300			_a319 p. _c; 23 cm.
500			_a"This is a Borzoi book"--T.p. verso.
520			_aIn the near future, a flu pandemic has decimated civilization, leaving only scattered pockets of survivors to fend for themselves. Hig is one of the healthy ones. For the past nine years, he has coexisted with a loner named Bangley at an abandoned airport in eastern Colorado. Trying not to think of his former life, Hig finds sanity in fishing, staring at the constellations, and flying his plane. With his dog, Jasper, Hig flies the perimeter of their safety zone in his 1956 Cessna. Bangley has a well-stocked arsenal, and between them, they keep a watchful eye for unfriendly invaders. On one of his forays, through broken static, Hig hears another pilot over the radio, an incident that haunts him until he goes in search of this other human being. Packing enough supplies to get him there and back, he takes off for western Colorado in search of the voice. During his six-week journey, he discovers more than he bargained for.
650		0	_aEnd of the world _v--Fiction
650		0	_aSurvival _x--Fiction
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