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      Big Fish

      by Daniel Wallace
      Published
      Oct 1998
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      General Fiction General Fiction
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      192
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      The classic novel that inspired the beloved Tim Burton film and the Broadway musical.

      In his prime, Edward Bloom was an extraordinary man. He could outrun anybody. He never missed a day of school. He saved lives and tamed giants. Animals loved him, people loved him, women loved him. He knew more jokes than any man alive. At least that's what he told his son, William. But now Edward Bloom is dying, and William wants desperately to know the truth about his elusive father—this indefatigable teller of tall tales—before it's too late. So, using the few facts he knows, William re-creates Edward's life in a series of legends and myths, through which he begins to understand his father's great feats, and his great failings. The result is hilarious and wrenching, tender and outrageous.

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      First Edition Oct 1998 Algonquin ISBN13 9781565122178 ISBN10 1565122178
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      Jan 2001 Thorndike Press ISBN13 9780786230433 ISBN10 0786230436
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