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Forrest Gump (Forrest Gump #1)

Winston Groom

Paperback | Pages: 248 pages

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Title	:	Forrest Gump (Forrest Gump #1)
Author	:	Winston Groom
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 248 pages
Published	:	October 1st 2002 by Washington Square Press (first published 1986)
Categories	:	Fiction. Humor. Historical. Historical Fiction. Classics. Media Tie In

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At 6'6" and 240lbs, Forrest Gump is difficult to ignore. This satire follows him from the football dynasties of Bear Bryant to Vietnam, and from encounters with Presidents Johnson and Nixon to pow-wows with Chairman Mao. It also takes in Harvard University, a Hollywood set, and a NASA mission.

"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)

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Original Title:	Forrest Gump
ISBN:	0743453255 (ISBN13: 9780743453257)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Forrest Gump #1
Characters:	Forrest Gump, Lieutenant Dan Taylor, Forrest Gump Jnr, Jenny Curran
Setting:	United States of America

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I loved the movie. Don't get me wrong, the film adaption is one of my favorite movies of all time- that's precisely why I wanted to give the book a try, because the book's always better than the movie, right? Well, this was the exception. Because 'Forrest Gump' is manipulative, outrageous, poorly characterized, and awkwardly written. I read an article once that said that the only reason there wasn't a film sequel to 'Forrest Gump' was because the author didn't get enough credit for writing the

3.5*I have very mixed feelings about this one. I heard the movie is very good. Before watching the movie I decided to read the book like I always do. And when I started it, it was magical. Plain, simple description but it grabbed me from the beginning. But at some point, it got really unrealistic and after that the magic kind of died. But overall its a good story. Sometimes it gave a poke deep down my mind with some lines.

A very rare case where the screenplay adaption provided a richer, better story than the novel. Gump started out familiar and ended that way as well. However, the middle portion was almost unreadable as I do like a grain of believably even with this type of story. There were times where I thought Winston Groom was going through the motions and seeing how far-fetched he could make the storyline. If I were not already comparing vs the movie - which I loved - then I probably would have put the book



Alright. Before I say anything about the book, I have to tell you that I never saw the movie. Never. In fact, before my boyfriend lent me this book I was simply under the impression that this book is about a southern man who likes ping pong and thinks that life is like a box of chocolates. So, no comparisons to the movie here.To sum things up, this book follows the life of Forrest Gump, a lovable idiot with a few remarkable skills. A bunch of crazy stuff happens, including Forrest becoming a

The usual crash between the book& the movie...Tom Hanks of course wins,,, Forrest&Jenny relationship was, somewhat, to me ,inspiring, and so true, real, authentic,,,I quite impressed & touched by the content of the work, seeting aside some inquiries concerning the development of the characters &plot progression,,,After all, Sentiment prevails :)

Packed full of laughs, poor Forest just can't do anything right. Quite different from the film, which in this rare instance IS, in my opinion, better than the book. The storyline in the film flows a lot better, but the book is still worth a read. The only thing which I had to become accustomed to, is slowing my reading speed so that the phonetically written dialogue had an authentic slow drawl.