Up in the air

By Walter Kirn

Subjects: Ryan Bingham (Fictitious character), Air travel, Frequent flyer programs, Fiction, Business consultants

Description: "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."--Jacket.