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Jerzy Kosinski’s clever parable of a naive man thrust into the modern world is more pointed now than ever. Chance, the enigmatic gardener, becomes Chauncey Gardiner after getting hit by a limo belonging to a Wall Street tycoon. The whirlwind that follows brings Chance to his new status of political policy advisor and possible vice presidential candidate. His garden-variety political responses, inspired by television, become heralded as visionary, and he is soon a media icon due to his unknown background and vague, yet appealing, conversational nature. Being There was adapted into an Academy Award-winning film, starring Peter Sellers as Chance, in 1979.
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Being There, Jerzy Kosiński
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- Released
- 1979
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- Title
- Being There
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Jerzy Kosiński
- Publisher
- Bantam Books
- Released
- 1979
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0553106252
- ISBN13
- 9780553106251
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Philosophical Topics, Humor, Classics, USA, American Literature, Adapted for Film, Satire, Polish literature, Loneliness
- First published
- 1970
- Original title
- Being There
- Rating
- 3.9 out of 5
- Description
- Jerzy Kosinski’s clever parable of a naive man thrust into the modern world is more pointed now than ever. Chance, the enigmatic gardener, becomes Chauncey Gardiner after getting hit by a limo belonging to a Wall Street tycoon. The whirlwind that follows brings Chance to his new status of political policy advisor and possible vice presidential candidate. His garden-variety political responses, inspired by television, become heralded as visionary, and he is soon a media icon due to his unknown background and vague, yet appealing, conversational nature. Being There was adapted into an Academy Award-winning film, starring Peter Sellers as Chance, in 1979.