Forrest Gump

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"Part Candide, part Huck Finn and a whole lot of Andy Griffith, Forrest Gump makes his case in a voice all his own "—Tom Nolan, Los Angeles Times
Winston Groom's bestselling novel FORREST GUMP was first published in 1986 to great critical acclaim. "A wonderful read. I laughed out loud time and again," said Wayne Greenhaw in the Atlanta Journal Constitution about this hilarious and touching tale of a self-confessed "idiot" and his madcap journey through three decades of the American landscape. Robert W. Conrad of the Pittsburgh Press hailed FORREST GUMP as "a Huckleberry Finn-type Odyssey, complete with the humor-tempered irony and insight of Mark Twain. A rollicking satire, milking laughs from our sacred cows as much fun as a box of chocolates, but far less fattening." And P.J. O'Rourke declared, "In Forrest Gump, Winston Groom has created the ideal citizen for the modern world—a perfect idiot."
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Yet it was only with the phenomenal success of the movie... Tovább

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"Part Candide, part Huck Finn and a whole lot of Andy Griffith, Forrest Gump makes his case in a voice all his own "—Tom Nolan, Los Angeles Times
Winston Groom's bestselling novel FORREST GUMP was first published in 1986 to great critical acclaim. "A wonderful read. I laughed out loud time and again," said Wayne Greenhaw in the Atlanta Journal Constitution about this hilarious and touching tale of a self-confessed "idiot" and his madcap journey through three decades of the American landscape. Robert W. Conrad of the Pittsburgh Press hailed FORREST GUMP as "a Huckleberry Finn-type Odyssey, complete with the humor-tempered irony and insight of Mark Twain. A rollicking satire, milking laughs from our sacred cows as much fun as a box of chocolates, but far less fattening." And P.J. O'Rourke declared, "In Forrest Gump, Winston Groom has created the ideal citizen for the modern world—a perfect idiot."
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Yet it was only with the phenomenal success of the movie version of FORREST GUMP, starring Tom Hanls, that Winston Groom's marvelous novel found its true audience, rising to on both the New York Times and USA ro(yay bestseller lists.
Now Poclcet Boolcs is pleased to present this special hardcover gift edition of the novel that has touched America's heart—and its funnybone. As Larry King urged, "Do yourself a favor and read FORREST GUMR It may be the funniest novel 1 have ever read."
WINSTOIV GROOM, author of eight books, wrote the acclaimed Vietnam War novel Better Times Than These, the prize-winning Summers Die, and coauthored Conversations with the Enemy, which was nominated for a 1984 Pulitzer Prize. He is also the author of the 1 New Yorlc Times bestseller Gumpisms: The Wit and Wisdom of Forrest Gump. He lives in Point Clear, Alabama, whe"e he is hard at work on a sequel to FORREST GUMP, which will bring his "great American hero" (Rima Firrone, Ocala Star-Banner) into the nineties.
Jacket Illustration by Bill Creevy Author photograph © Tom Corcoran Copyright © 1994 Pocket Books Printed In U.S.A.


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