Dear American Airlines (Paperback)

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 International 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. Bennie's writing is infused with a sense of remorse 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, humor, vulnerability, intelligence, and regret, "Dear American Airlines "gives new meaning to the term "airport novel" and announces the emergence of a major new talent in American fiction.

General

Imprint:	HarperPerennial
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 2009
First published:	June 2009
Authors:	Jonathan Miles
Dimensions:	201 x 132 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	192
ISBN-13:	978-0-547-23790-9
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
LSN:	0-547-23790-1
Barcode:	9780547237909

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