Up in the Air

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new york  london  toronto  sydney  auckland

up in the air

walter kirn

Contents

Title Page

Dedication

Also by the author

Epigraph

One

Two

Three

Four

Five

Six

Seven

Eight

Nine

Ten

Eleven

Twelve

Thirteen

Fourteen

Fifteen

Sixteen

Seventeen

About The Author

Copyright Page

For Maggie, Maisie, and the child to come.

With thanks to all of my families and

in memory of Father David Parker.

up in the air

also by walter kirn

Thumbsucker

My Hard Bargain

She Needed Me

These are the days that must happen to you:

You shall not heap up what is call’d riches,

You shall scatter with lavish hand all that

you earn or achieve,

You but arrive at the city to which you