Up in the Air: A Novel
Aug 2002 · Sold by Anchor
3.7star
3 reviews
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320
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Ryan Bingham’s job as a Career Transition Counselor–he fires people–has kept him airborne for years. Although he has come to despise his line of work, he has come to love the culture of what he calls “Airworld,” finding contentment within pressurized cabins, anonymous hotel rooms, and a wardrobe of wrinkle-free slacks. With a letter of resignation sitting on his boss’s desk, and the hope of a job with a mysterious consulting firm, Ryan Bingham is agonizingly close to his ultimate goal, his Holy Grail: one million frequent flier miles. But before he achieves this long-desired freedom, conditions begin to deteriorate.
With perception, wit, and wisdom, Up in the Air combines brilliant social observation with an acute sense of the psychic costs of our rootless existence, and confirms Walter Kirn as one of the most savvy chroniclers of American life.
With perception, wit, and wisdom, Up in the Air combines brilliant social observation with an acute sense of the psychic costs of our rootless existence, and confirms Walter Kirn as one of the most savvy chroniclers of American life.
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3.7
3 reviews
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December 26, 2010
I should say that it's a solid book. Nothing fantastic, but worth reading. I approached this before the movie (am yet to see the movie, waiting on netflix) but I doubt the novel can compare to the cinematic. The freeflow style of writing and lack of definitive story causes it to be an interesting read. Definitely some influence by Palahniuk but still a good read.
Jack Kahler
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February 18, 2015
Entertaining but eventually listless
About the author
Walter Kirn is the fiction editor for GQ magazine, and the author of three previous novels. He lives near Livingston, Montana.
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