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Up In The Air (novel)
''Up in the Air'' is a 2001 novel by American author Walter Kirn. It was adapted into the 2009 feature film of the same name starring George Clooney. Plot summary Ryan Bingham is a 35-year-old career transition counselor for a Denver-based management consulting company, Integrated Strategic Management (ISM). He is divorced and his disturbed younger sister is about to embark on yet another disastrous relationship. He flies around the country firing and then counseling recently laid-off people for reentering the job market. Bingham inhabits a world of Palm Pilots, rental cars, salted almonds, Kevlar luggage and nameless suite hotels where e-mail and voicemail are the communication norm. He takes a lot of pills and spends time among women in Las Vegas. Bingham is trying to get to ten million frequent flyer miles, a number only reached by nine other people in the same mileage club (from the fictional airline Great West). Before his boss returns from vacation, Bingham files his l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thumbsucker (novel)
''Thumbsucker'' is a 1999 novel by Walter Kirn. It was adapted into a Thumbsucker (film), film of the same name by Mike Mills (director), Mike Mills in 2005. Plot introduction Kirn's novel tells the story of Justin Cobb, a Minnesota teenager whose family experiences a broad spectrum of dysfunction. Father Mike is a washed-up college football star with a militaristic and unemotional attitude inspired by his former coach. Mother Audrey, a nurse, is struggling to accept how her life has wound down. Younger brother Joel simply does everything he can to fit in and seem normal. Amidst pressures to stop thumb sucking, sucking his thumb, 14-year-old Justin turns to unorthodox dentist Perry Lyman who attempts to use hypnosis to remedy the problem with limited success: The thumb sucking disappears, but other problem habits arise to take its place. Justin starts behaving oddly, and his condition is 'identified' as Attention-deficit disorder, attention deficit disorder by his school a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |