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"'Bein a idiot is no box of chocolates, ' but 'at least I ain't led no hum-drum life, ' says Forrest Gump, the lovable, surprisingly savvy hero of this wonderful comic novel. When the University of Alabama's football team drafts Forrest and makes him a star, that's only the beginning! He flunks out--and goes on to be a Vietnam war hero, a world-class ping-pong player, a wrestler, and a business tycoon. He compares battle scars with Lyndon Johnson, discovers the truth about Richard Nixon, and suffers the ups and downs of true love. Now, Forrest Gump is telling all--in a madcap screball romp through three decades of the American landscape. It's Gump's amazing travels ... and you've got to read them to believe them."--Publisher's note
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Forrest Gump, Winston Groom
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- Released
- 1994
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- Title
- Forrest Gump
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Winston Groom
- Publisher
- Released
- 1994
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 248
- ISBN10
- 0671894455
- ISBN13
- 9780671894450
- Series
- Forrest Gump
- Tags
- Fiction, Humor, Love, Classics, USA, American Literature, Society, Adapted for Film, Satire, Bestsellers, People with Disabilities, 1960s, Classicism, Picaresque Novels
- First published
- 1986
- Original title
- Forrest Gump
- Rating
- 3.9 out of 5
- Description
- "'Bein a idiot is no box of chocolates, ' but 'at least I ain't led no hum-drum life, ' says Forrest Gump, the lovable, surprisingly savvy hero of this wonderful comic novel. When the University of Alabama's football team drafts Forrest and makes him a star, that's only the beginning! He flunks out--and goes on to be a Vietnam war hero, a world-class ping-pong player, a wrestler, and a business tycoon. He compares battle scars with Lyndon Johnson, discovers the truth about Richard Nixon, and suffers the ups and downs of true love. Now, Forrest Gump is telling all--in a madcap screball romp through three decades of the American landscape. It's Gump's amazing travels ... and you've got to read them to believe them."--Publisher's note