'THE PAST also presses hard on the present in Morris Lurie's Flying Home [...] where one is invited to follow the spiritual journey of Leo Axelrod as he lays to rest the ghosts of his ancestors on a trip through Europe. Lurie deftly and occasionally amusingly conveys Leo's superficiality and a moodiness that too often affects the young woman who has accepted his impulsive invitation to take off for Greece with him.
'It is only when Leo abandons her and seeks his roots in Israel, also exorcising some of his emotional hang ups, that he is ready to truly live; but not before he undergoes a rather hilariously described guided bus tour where he gains an almost heroic stature.'
Source:
Sen, Veronica. 'Wizardry of Oz Evident in Tale of Pain', Canberra Times, 17 May 1992, p.25.
