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.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Part I The Day He Was Born In Which He Speaks to Animals The Year it Snowed in Alabama His Great Promise My Father's Death: Take 1 The Girl in the River His Quiet Charm How He Tamed the Giant In Which He Goes Fishing The Day He Left Ashland Entering a New World Part II The Old Lady and the Eye My Father's Death: Take 2 His First Great Love His Legendary Legs In Which He Makes a Move The Fight On Meeting the In-Laws His Three Labors He Goes to War My Father's Death: Take 3 The Day I Was Born How He Saw Me How He Saved My Life His Immortality His Greatest Power In Which He Has a Dream Part III In Which He Buys a Town, and More How it Ends My Father's Death: Take 4 Big Fish
