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The hike

When Ben, a suburban family man, takes a business trip to rural Pennsylvania, he decides to spend the afternoon before his dinner meeting on a short hike. Once he sets out into the woods behind his hotel, he quickly comes to realize that the path he has chosen cannot be given up easily. With no choi...

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Main Author: Magary, Drew (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York, New York : Viking, [2016]
Subjects:
Hiking > Pennsylvania > Fiction.
Businessmen > Fiction.
Pennsylvania > Fiction.
Fantasy fiction.
Summary: When Ben, a suburban family man, takes a business trip to rural Pennsylvania, he decides to spend the afternoon before his dinner meeting on a short hike. Once he sets out into the woods behind his hotel, he quickly comes to realize that the path he has chosen cannot be given up easily. With no choice but to move forward, Ben finds himself falling deeper and deeper into a world of man-eating giants, bizarre demons, and colossal insects.
Physical Description: 278 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN: 9780399563850 (hardcover)
0399563857 (hardcover)
Author Notes: Drew Magary is a correspondent for GQ and a columnist for Deadspin . He is the author of the memoir Someone Could Get Hurt and the novel The Postmortal . His writing has appeared in Maxim , New York , The Atlantic , Bon Appétit , The Huffington Post, the Awl, Gawker, Penthouse , Playboy , Rolling Stone , and on Comedy Central, NPR, NBC, Yahoo!, ESPN, and more. He's been featured on Good Morning America and has been interviewed by the AV Club, the New York Observer , USA Today , U.S. News & World Report , and many others. He lives in Maryland with his wife and three kids, and is a Chopped champion.

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