Adult Book Discussion Thursday, January 9th

Elise Barack leads a discussion of the New York Times bestseller The Dog Stars by Peter Heller on Thursday, January 9th at 7:15 p.m. in the Children's Programming Room.

The Dog Stars is set in Colorado, nine years after a pandemic has wiped out 99% of the world's population.  Among the survivors is Hig, an amateur pilot who has taken refuge at a small, abandoned airport -- with only his loyal dog Japser, an unstable survivalist named Bangley, and memories of his deceased wife to keep him company.  Hig and Bangley spend most of their days protecting their fortified domain from bands of violent mobs that roam the devastated countryside in search of sustenance.  When an unexpected transmission is received over the radio of his 1956 Cessna airplane, Hig is consumed with hope that a better life exists somewhere beyond his small world, and sets off in his plane in search of additional survivors.

A post-apocalyptic novel in the tradition of Cormac McCarthy's The Road, Heller's darkly humorous,  emotionally-charged novel is a survival tale with great heart, offering a reassuring and optimistic portrait of loss, love, and hope.

Author Peter Heller is an award-winning adventure writer and a long-time contributor to NPR and publications such as Businessweek and National Geographic.  The Dog Stars is his first novel, and his debut effort earned Best Book of the Year honors from several institutions in 2012, including The Atlantic Monthly, Publisher's Weekly, The Guardian, and Amazon. 
  
Critical reviews of Heller's novel can be found by clicking on the publication titles below:
Publisher's Weekly
Kirkus Reviews
Library Journal

The Dog Stars is available at the library in print, large-type, audiobook, eBook, and eAudiobook formats.

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