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Description
Surviving a pandemic disease that has killed everyone he knows, a pilot establishes a shelter in an abandoned airport hangar before hearing a random radio transmission that compels him to risk his life to seek out other survivors.
Media reviews
Heller's writing is stripped-down and minimalist, like a studio apartment in Sparta. It's an Armageddon book as written by Ernest Hemingway. The future is spare. If you see an adjective, kill it.
Awards
Dublin Literary Award (Longlist — 2014)
Arthur C. Clarke Award (Shortlist — 2013)
Maine Readers' Choice Award (Longlist — 2013)
Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction (Longlist — Fiction — 2013)
Center for Fiction First Novel Prize (Shortlist — 2012)
Prix Une autre Terre (2014)
Publishers Weekly's Best Books of the Year (Fiction — 2012)
San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year (Fiction/Poetry — 2012)
Notable Books List (Fiction — 2013)
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Original publication date
2012-08-07