Up in the Air by Walter Kirn

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Up in the Air by Walter Kirn

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.
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ISBN 13 9780307476289
ISBN 10 0307476286
Title Up in the Air
Author Walter Kirn
Series Random House Movie Tie-In Books
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Anchor Books
Year published 2009-10-27
Number of pages 303
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.