Just curious
What parts do you believe were true and how it happened?
shareI think every bit happened, but on a smaller scale.
Karl was a very tall man he hitched out of his home town with
He worked in the circus for a summer and met his wife at the same time
She went off to college and he would turn up and make a fuss of her
He was presumed dead while on service
He made friends with twins in Asia
He passed through Spectre, possibly on business and made friends with a family there and Steve Buscemi's character
He was a partner in Steve Buscemi's character's fledgling business
He helped fix up the houses in Spectre and probably did buy much of the town
He didn't have an ordinary life - he had a very interesting one compared to most - but that wasn't enough and he loved to tell tall stories.