Name: Up in the Air By Walter Kirn
SKU: 9781848543263
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Up in the Air Summary

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. He hates his job, but he loves 'Airworld', finding happiness in pressurized cabins and anonymous hotel rooms, and pursuing a noble ultimate goal: one million frequent flier miles. With sharp wit, and wisdom, Up in the Air combines brilliant social observation with an acute sense of the modern mind. It is a story for unsettled times.

Up in the Air Reviews

George Clooney is tipped for an Oscar for his new film but the real star is the Story! Up in the Air is a tale for troubled times -- The Times 'Kirn is such a sharp writer he gives your brain paper cuts ... This is a book that will endure' -- Christopher Buckley, The New York Times Book Review 'Up in the Air deliciously lambastes corporate America. Mr Kirn's satire ranges deftly over our contemporary business landscape' -- The Wall Street Journal 'Clever, lacerating ... Smartly acerbic ... Archly devastating post-social satire' -- The New York Times 'Kirn is a virtuoso observer of Americana ... Terrifically funny and poignant ... Beneath its glittering, comic surface, his novel asks if, in pursuing what we think we want, we might lose ourselves completely' -- Minneapolis Star Tribune 'Bitterly funny, minutely observed and deeply cynical ... A virtuoso feat' -- Newsday Darkly funny, this is a razor-sharp look at the peculiar world of air travel and soulless hotel rooms -- News of the World

About Walter Kirn

Walter Kirn has written a collection of short stories, My Hard Bargain, and several novels, including Thumbsucker (made into a film in 2005, starring Keanu Reeves and Vince Vaughn), Mission to America, and The Unbinding, and internet-only novel. He has written for The New Yorker, The New York Times Book Review, Vogue and Esquire and has served as an American cultural correspondent for the BBC. He was the 2008-9 Vare Non-fiction Writer in Residence at the University of Chicago.

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GOR001733801

ISBN 13

9781848543263

ISBN 10

1848543263

Title

Up in the Air by Walter Kirn

Author

Walter Kirn

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Hodder & Stoughton General Division

Year published

2009-12-01

Number of pages

320

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Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.

Note

This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

Up in the Air Walter Kirn

Up in the Air by Walter Kirn

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Up in the Air by Walter Kirn

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