Daniel Wallace, working seven hours a day, published 24 stories over 13 years—then released “Big Fish: A Novel of Myth,” showered with critical praise and becoming a bestseller. Five years later, director Tim Burton released a film of the same name.
This is an amazing story about how the son of a dying Edward Bloom pieces together the legends and myths surrounding his father—unbelievable stories of an unbelievable life. The older Bloom tells his loved ones amazing stories about his incredible life, while the son tries to see reality behind the fantasies—without understanding that the flaw isn’t in the storyteller, but in himself…