Forrest Gump by Winston Groom
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.
Forrest Gump is line bred out of Voltaire and Huck Finn; its humour is wild and coarse, a satire right on the moneyIt 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 *
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 *
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.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780552996099 |
| ISBN 10 | 0552996092 |
| Title | Forrest Gump |
| Author | Winston Groom |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Year published | 1994-10-06 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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