Big Fish
About this book
** A MAJOR TIM BURTON FILM starring Ewan Mcgregor and Jessica Lange **
** COMING SOON AS A MUSICAL starringKelsey Grammer ** Do you ever really know your father? Like many sons, William Bloom never really knew his father. Edward told him stories too incredible to believe about his exploits as a younger man, but any attempt to find out serious truths have been met with laughter and brush-offs. And that never mattered. But nowEdwardis dying, suddenly it matters a great deal. So Williamsets out to tell his father's story, as he imagines it. He tames a giant, is dragged by an enormous fish through a lake and escapes a purgatory of lost dreams.Through legends and myths, WilliammakesEdwardinto a true Big Fish. The much beloved book by Daniel Wallace is soon to be a Christmas musical at The Other Palace in London. Praise for Big Fish: 'Both comic and poignant ' New York Times 'An audacious, highly original debut novel... An imaginative, and moving, record of a son's love for a charming, unknowable father' Kirkus Reviews ' Refreshing, original... Wallace mixes the mundane and the mythical. His chapters have the transformative quality of fable and fairy tale ' Publishers Weekly, starred review
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Dedication
- Part I
- Part II
- Part III
- Acknowledgments
- About Daniel Wallace
- Copyright
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