Publisher's Synopsis
"Daniel Wallce has created a jewel in BIG FISH." Winston Groom, author of Forrest Gump "Comic and poignant." New York Times Book Review An adventure as big as life itself. Now a major motion picture directed by Tim Burton William Bloom's father, Edward, is dying. In his prime he was an extraordinary man: animals loved him, people loved him, women loved him; he was an inspired salesman, a visionary; and he knew more jokes than any man alive. Or at least, that's what he told his son as he regaled him with tall tales of his exploits as a young man. But now, watching his father die, William grows increasingly desperate to know the real Edward Bloom. Inspired by the fragments of stories he's gathered over the years, William recreates his father's life in a series of myths and legends. Through these tales, William begins to understand Edward Bloom's great feats - and his great failings - managing to reckon with the father he's about to lose. And to find a way to say goodbye.
