Big fish : a novel of mythic proportions
(Book)

Includes "A Penguin readers guide to Big Fish", 9 p. at end.

Sitting by his father's deathbed, William Bloom tries to understand the man quickly slipping away, who is more interested in evading his son's questions than answering them. So William reconstructs his father's life through a series of stories, and in doing so finds a way to say goodbye.