Wallace mixes the mundane and the mythical. Daniel Wallace's magical first novel, 'Big Fish,' is told as a series of legends and myths inspired by. Faced with the prospect of his father's death, William Bloom sets about to discover who the man really is. An imaginative, and moving, record of a son's love for a charming, unknowable father' Kirkus Reviews In his prime, Edward Bloom was an extraordinary man. 'An audacious, highly original debut novel. The much beloved book by Daniel Wallace is soon to be a Christmas musical at The Other Palace in London.

He tames a giant, is dragged by an enormous fish through a lake and escapes a purgatory of lost dreams. Through legends and myths, William makes Edward into a true Big Fish. So William sets out to tell his father's story, as he imagines it. The book tells the story of Edward Bloom, a Southern braggart who is now lying. But now Edward is dying, suddenly it matters a great deal. I first read Daniel Wallaces BIG FISH: A NOVEL OF MYTHIC PROPORTIONS in. 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. Animals loved him, people loved him, women loved. In his prime, Edward Bloom was an extraordinary man. Like many sons, William Bloom never really knew his father. The classic novel that inspired the beloved Tim Burton film and the Broadway musical. ** COMING SOON AS A MUSICAL starring Kelsey Grammer ** A musical adaptation starring Norbert Leo Butz premiered in Chicago in April 2013. It was adapted into a film, Big Fish, in 2003 by Tim Burton. ** A MAJOR TIM BURTON FILM starring Ewan Mcgregor and Jessica Lange ** In scenes by turns hilarious and wrenching, tender and outrageous, Big Fish teaches us about the manipulative power of myth making, the search for an honesty somehow deeper than truth, and the redemption that can occur when one moves from life to death. Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions is a 1998 novel by Daniel Wallace.

Big fish a novel of mythic proportions