{"product_id":"big-fish","title":"Daniel Wallace: Big Fish [2017] paperback","description":"\u003cb\u003e** A MAJOR TIM BURTON FILM starring Ewan Mcgregor and Jessica Lange **\u003cbr\u003e ** COMING SOON AS A MUSICAL starring Kelsey Grammer **\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDo you ever really know your father? \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Like many sons, \u003cb\u003eWilliam Bloom\u003c\/b\u003e never really knew his father. \u003cb\u003eEdward\u003c\/b\u003e 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 now Edward is dying, suddenly it matters a great deal. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e So William sets 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, William makes Edward into a true \u003cb\u003eBig Fish. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe much beloved book by Daniel Wallace is soon to be a Christmas musical at The Other Palace in London. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Praise for \u003ci\u003eBig Fish\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Daniel Wallace has \u003cb\u003ecreated a jewel\u003c\/b\u003e in \u003ci\u003eBig Fish\u003c\/i\u003e' Winston Groom, author of \u003cb\u003eForrest Gump\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Both \u003cb\u003ecomic\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003epoignant\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'An \u003cb\u003eaudacious\u003c\/b\u003e, highly original debut novel. . . An imaginative, and moving, \u003cb\u003erecord of a son's love\u003c\/b\u003e for a charming, unknowable father' \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e '\u003cb\u003eRefreshing\u003c\/b\u003e, original. . . Wallace mixes the mundane and the mythical. His chapters have the transformative quality of \u003cb\u003efable and fairy tale\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review","brand":"Wallace, Daniel","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46708753760595,"sku":"9781471173028","price":12.84,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/wallace-daniel-daniel-wallace-big-fish-2017-paperback-9781471173028-59136675545427.jpg?v=1727329441","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/big-fish","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}