Up in the Air

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This novel is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Kirn, Walter, 1962–

Up in the air : a novel / Walter Kirn.—

p. cm.

1. Frequent flyer programs—Fiction. 2. Business consultants—Fiction.

3. Air travel—Fiction. I. Title.

PS3561.I746 U6 2001

813’.54—dc21 2001028362

Copyright © 2001 by Walter Kirn

All Rights Reserved

July 2001

A section of this book was previously published in GQ.

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