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This was a really good but kinda sad

One of the saddest books I have ever read. I really felt for the characters.

I love reading about the worlds of the Mediterranean and Theroux does not disappoint. Travel writing allows me to go places I've never been, and places I have been, just seen through different eyes. My only criticism about this book is in the description his travels promised in the title and preface: the Mediterranean, from one pillar of Hercules (in Gibraltar) to the other (in Morocco). Much time and space is given to the West (Spain, France, Italy, Greece), moderate time to the East (Turkey, Syria, Israel), and little time to Africa west of Egypt - a broad swath of land. (Thank the pagan gods he covered Alexandria.) Tripoli? Casablanca? Fez? Algiers? Two small chapters seems too little in a book of over 400 pages. My primary interest was to read about the Arab part of the African continent. Oh well, a good read nevertheless.

The book, Big Fish, by Daniel Wallace is a story about Edward Bloom, a very adventurous man, in his eyes. Since he is ill, he is being taken care of by his son, William Bloom, and proceeds to tell him numerous stories about the adventures of his life. Some of the adventures include Ginny Hills, a woman he meets and falls in love with during his travels. People who are very adventurous and outgoing may enjoy this book because of the stories that Edward tells; however, I did not enjoy this book because it was a bit confusing with the way it jumped around from story to story.