Dear American Airlines
Dear American Airlines by Jonathan Miles, published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in 2009, is a first edition work comprising 192 pages. The narrative follows Bennie Ford, a fifty-three-year-old failed poet turned translator, who finds himself stranded at O’Hare airport due to a canceled flight while en route to his estranged daughter’s wedding. In his frustration, Bennie begins to write a letter to the airline, which evolves from a demand for a refund into a poignant reflection on his life, filled with humor and regret.
Readers will encounter a blend of wit and vulnerability as Bennie grapples with themes of family life, marriage, and the complexities of his past. The epistolary format allows for an intimate exploration of his thoughts and emotions, revealing a man caught between outrage and introspection. This work presents a unique take on the airport novel, intertwining humor with deeper reflections on missed opportunities and the hope for redemption.
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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.
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