Forrest Gump
Published on 6. October 1994
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-0-552-99609-9 (ISBN)
Description
'Rollicking, bawdy' People
'Superbly controlled satire' Washington Post
'Joyously madcap' Publishers Weekly
Discover the bestselling novel that inspired the classic Oscar-winning film.
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It's Forrest Gump as you've never seen him before, but just as lovable as ever.
At 6'6", 240 pounds, Forrest Gump is a difficult man to ignore, so follow Forrest from the football dynasties of Bear Bryant to the Vietnam War, from encounters with Presidents Johnson and Nixon to powwows with Chairman Mao. Go with Forrest to Harvard University, to a Hollywood movie set, on a professional wrestling tour, and into space on the oddest NASA mission ever.
The wonderfully warm, savagely barbed, and hilariously funny novel that inspired iconic film starring Tom Hanks.
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What readers are saying:
'A brilliant read'
'Loved the book just as much as I loved the film'
'Very well written and thoroughly enjoyable from start to finish'
'Superbly controlled satire' Washington Post
'Joyously madcap' Publishers Weekly
Discover the bestselling novel that inspired the classic Oscar-winning film.
_______________________________
It's Forrest Gump as you've never seen him before, but just as lovable as ever.
At 6'6", 240 pounds, Forrest Gump is a difficult man to ignore, so follow Forrest from the football dynasties of Bear Bryant to the Vietnam War, from encounters with Presidents Johnson and Nixon to powwows with Chairman Mao. Go with Forrest to Harvard University, to a Hollywood movie set, on a professional wrestling tour, and into space on the oddest NASA mission ever.
The wonderfully warm, savagely barbed, and hilariously funny novel that inspired iconic film starring Tom Hanks.
______________________________
What readers are saying:
'A brilliant read'
'Loved the book just as much as I loved the film'
'Very well written and thoroughly enjoyable from start to finish'
Reviews / Votes
Forrest Gump is line bred out of Voltaire and Huck Finn; its humour is wild and coarse, a satire right on the money. It is not the less honest for being so funny, for bringing the woebegone archangels of our culture and history to judgement. Anyone who doesn't read this book deserves to spend the winter in North Dakota -- Jim Harrison A superbly controlled satire * The Washington Post * Rollicking, bawdy... A good time... Poking fun at everything * People * Winston Groom has created the ideal citizen for the modern world - a perfect idiot -- P.J. O'Rourke Joyously madcap * Publishers Weekly * Part Candide, part Huck Finn and a whole lot of Andy Griffith, [Gump] makes his case in a voice all his own * Los Angeles Times * Has many pleasures to offer * New York Times *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 195 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
174 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-552-99609-9 (9780552996099)
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Winston Groom wrote the acclaimed Vietnam War novel Better Times Than These, the prize-winning As Summers Die, and co-authored Conversations with the Enemy, which was nominated for a 1984 Pulitzer Prize. He was also the author of the No.1 New York Times bestsellers Forrest Gump and Gumpisms: The Wit and Wisdom of Forrest Gump.
Winston Groom lived in New York and Point Clear, Alabama. He died in September 2020.
Winston Groom lived in New York and Point Clear, Alabama. He died in September 2020.