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Dear American Airlines
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- Condition
- Type
- Novel
- ISBN
- 9780547054018
- Book Title
- Dear American Airlines
- Item Length
- 8.2in
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
- Publication Year
- 2008
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.4in
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- Literary, Humorous / General
- Item Width
- 5.5in
- Item Weight
- 11.3 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 192 Pages
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Sometimes the planes don't fly on time. Bennie Ford, a fifty-three-year-old failed poet turned translator, is traveling to his estranged daughter's wedding when his flight is canceled. Stuck with thousands of fuming passengers in the purgatory of O'Hare airport, he watches the clock tick and realizes that he will miss the ceremony. Frustrated, irate, and helpless, Bennie does the only thing he can: he starts to write a letter. But what begins as a hilariously excoriating demand for a refund soon becomes a lament for a life gone awry, for years misspent, talent wasted, and happiness lost. A man both sinned against and sinning, Bennie writes in a voice that is a marvel of lacerating wit, heart-on-sleeve emotion, and wide-ranging erudition, underlined by a consistent groundnote of regret for the actions of a lifetime -- and made all the more urgent by the fading hope that if he can just make it to the wedding, he might have a chance to do something right. A margarita blend of outrage, wicked humor, vulnerability, intelligence, and regret, Dear American Airlines gives new meaning to the term "airport novel" and announces the emergence of major new talent in American fiction.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
ISBN-10
0547054017
ISBN-13
9780547054018
eBay Product ID (ePID)
63465290
Product Key Features
Book Title
Dear American Airlines
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Literary, Humorous / General
Publication Year
2008
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
192 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.2in
Item Height
0.4in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
11.3 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ps3613.I5322d43 2008
Reviews
Dear American Airlines, Jonathan Miles' debut novel,begins as a scathing letter of complaint from a stranded traveler en route to his estranged daughter's wedding but quickly evolves in to a personal and surprisingly astute rant about life's challenges., "A powerful and hilarious fugue from whine to eloquent tragedy. It is an easy and happy read. Miles is a rare original who has pity and sympathy for almost everybody. Bravo." -- Barry Hannah, This first novel is a tale of loss and regret that allows a hint of hope and forgiveness to beckon from the final pages., "There are a few simple rules for writing an effective letter of complaint. Keep it simple and straightforward. Never apologize. Include a possum trapping scene. And always make it novel-length. Anyone can do this, but only Jonathan Miles can also make it boozy and profane, honest to the glorious wretched bone, and beautiful, just beautiful." --John Hodgman, author of The Areas of My Expertise, A pitch-perfect portrait of a poet translating the narrative of his life from man to monster, scribbling in an eternal airport departure lounge toward an epitaph that reveals itself to be an epiphany. Wise and layered, with a keen understanding of what makes people continue to live and love against the grain of circumstances--haunted sex, ridiculous drinking, crystalline regret, and unjustifiable passions--all the necessities for a great read. --Mark Richard, author of Fishboy and Charity|9780547054018|, "[Dear American Airlines] a heartfelt exploration of one man's psychic deterioration and the slim reed of hope to which, miraculously, he still clings...Miles has created a human being adrift, like all of us, in circumstances mostly not of his making and with no other choice but to try to muddle through." -- David Ulin, Los Angeles Times, Dear American Airlines, Jonathan Miles'' debut novel,begins as a scathing letter of complaint from a stranded traveler en route to his estranged daughter''s wedding but quickly evolves in to a personal and surprisingly astute rant about life''s challenges., "Dear American Airlinesis a fine novel, a rough and wild ride, at times so excoriating that you put it aside for a more pleasant experience like a trip to the dentist, and at other times so funny you laugh loudly--though the perfect fool of a hero has enough of Everyman to make your laughter a tad uncomfortable. I loved this novel, which is strong medicine indeed." --Jim Harrison, author of Returning to Earth, "Dear American Airlines is a flinty, funny, irreverent, and heartbreaking first novel. The writing reminded me of a brilliant, early-days Martin Amis novel -- except with redemption and hope. It's not easy to write a book this good, but Jonathan Miles makes it seem effortless." --Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love, "[Dear American Airlines] a heartfelt exploration of one man's psychic deterioration and the slim reed of hope to which, miraculously, he still clings...Miles has created a human being adrift, like all of us, in circumstances mostly not of his making and with no other choice but to try to muddle through."-- David Ulin, Los Angeles Times
Copyright Date
2008
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2007-052150
Dewey Decimal
813/.6
Dewey Edition
22
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