PositiveThe Wall Street JournalIt reads like a story of pure fiction … Ms. Shapiro sees Gawronski and his journey as symbolic of the derring-do era in which he came of age. Adventurers such as Byrd and Charles Lindbergh were widely admired and boys dreamed of following in their path … As Ms. Shapiro recounts in the book, it was an odyssey that bordered on the comedic—the unwanted passenger was quickly discovered and sent back home, only to make two follow-up attempts.
