Walter Kirn

A traveling management consultant, thirty-five-year-old Ryan Bingham spends his life on airplanes and in airports as he travels around the country, pursuing his goal to accumulate one million miles in his frequent flyer account.

Up in the Air

Peggy Walker

I picked up this book because the promos for the movie looked interesting. I have to say, though, that the book was a major disappointment. It started off well, but then the author appeared to be telling a different story. I later saw the movie on a flight and have to say it was a major approvement. It took the basic premise of the book...a man of today's specialized corporate world who is always on the move and has no real attachments, and made it the basis for a very good story. In comparison, the book just got more and more bizarre. I rarely like a movie better than the book it was based on, but this was the rare exception.

Up in the Air

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