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Up in the Air

(2001)
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Ryan Bingham's job as a Career Transition Counselor (he fires people) has kept him airborne for years. He hates his job, but 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.


Genre: Literary Fiction

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