Browse new releases, best sellers or classics & find your next favourite book. Low prices on millions of books. Free UK delivery on eligible orders
Types:
- Customer Reviews
See What Our Customers Have To Say
About Our Products.
- Kindle eBooks
Choose from thousands of eBooks
available on Amazon Kindle.
- Contact Us
Have a Question?
We're Here to Help
- New Releases
Check Out Our Newest Releases.
Get The Latest Gear From GP!
- Amazon Prime Offers
Check out our website-and discover
our wide offer range
- Literary Fiction
Read Reviews From
Previous-Verified Guests Of This...
Literary Titan has helped hundreds of authors around the world be seen by real readers. Quick delivery, simple service, so many benefits for only $59. No hidden fees.
- Customer Reviews - $55
Get book reviews from real readers.
Posted on major websites.
- Press Release Writing
A Professional Press Release
Alert the Media About Your Book
- Book Promotion Services
Get your book promoted with our
expert book review service.
- Book Marketing Services
Get a book review, interview and
more for your next book.
- Book Review Service
Includes Review, Interview and More
Book Review & Award Entry - $59
- Press Release Service
Learn More About Press Release
Service-At LITERARY TITAN.
- Customer Reviews - $55
Cheapest Flight Deals? Last Minute Price Drops on Intl. & Domestic Airfare. Compare Today! Best Flight Deals? Exclusive Fares on Thanksgiving, Xmas & New Year's Flights. Book Now.
Search results
Jul 1, 2001 · Walter Kirn. Walter Kirn is a regular reviewer for The New York Times Book Review, and his work appears in The Atlantic, The New York Times Magazine, Vogue, Time, New York, GQ and Esquire. He is the author of six previous works of fiction: My Hard Bargain: Stories, She Needed Me, Thumbsucker, Up in the Air, Mission to America and The Unbinding.
- (5.1K)
- Paperback
Consumer Reports is one of the most trusted sources for information and advice on consumer products and services, with more than 7 million paying members. Become a Member or call 1-800-333-0663 ...
Jul 3, 2001 · Show comments. Saturated with smart irony and ripe with a sense of dislocation, this third novel from the fiction editor of GQ (Thumbsucker, 1999, etc.) takes readers on a frenetic tour of Airworld, that in-flight zone of business travel where destinations bleed invisibly into connections, and connections become stations along a perpetual journey.
Sep 24, 2002 · Up in the Air. Paperback – September 24, 2002. by Walter Kirn (Author) 3.7 310 ratings. See all formats and editions. 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 ...
- (310)
- Anchor
- $15.99
The book received some good reviews and initially sold well until September 11, 2001 when sales slowed to a near halt. The cover with a cartoon of flying businesspeople (presumably reminiscent of The Falling Man) one of them on fire and hurtling earthward also hurt sales. Sales of the book were revived following Jason Reitman's film adaptation. [4]
There's something wonderfully circular about the fact that Walter Kirn's novel Up In The Air, originally published in 2001, is now a $7.99 airport paperback. Like the hit film version directed by Jason Reitman and starring George Clooney, Kirn's novel affectionately skewers the modern corporate mentality that thrives on airplanes, in airports or in airport "edge city" chain hotels. Hollywood ...
People also ask
Is 'Up In The Air' a good story?
What is up in the air about?
Is up in the air a good movie?
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.
