6/29/2023 0 Comments Big fish wallace![]() ![]() “Suicide is one of the most traumatic deaths, no matter how it’s undertaken,” Wallace writes, “and those left behind suffer through a complicated grief that may never subside.” In exploring his own particularly complicated grief, Wallace reveals his coming of age as a writer, the tragic yet inspiring life of his sister Holly, and a cast of larger-than-life characters as beguiling as any of his fictional inventions. In the note, Wallace lays out the central tragedy: the suicide of William Nealy, his brother-in-law, childhood hero, and inspiration to become a writer. ![]() ![]() You know where a book is headed when the author’s note before the first chapter includes the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline number. Yet as the title promises, the true story Wallace has waited decades to tell is tragic and heartrending. His first nonfiction book, This Isn’t Going to End Well: The True Story of a Man I Thought I Knew, occasionally provides some of the same wackiness as his fiction. Since then he has produced a steady stream of comically odd Southern fiction, most recently Extraordinary Adventures in 2017. Daniel Wallace is best known for Big Fish, his 1998 debut novel, and its star-studded 2003 film adaptation by director Tim Burton. ![]()
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