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Forrest Gump (Perfect Paperback)

by Winston Groom (Author)
3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
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  • Perfect Paperback: 240 pages
  • Publisher: Black Swan (6 Oct 1994)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0552996092
  • ISBN-13: 978-0552996099
  • Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.6 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 13,830 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Part Candide, part Huck Finn and a whole lot of Andy Griffith, [Gump] makes his case in a voice all his own.



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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.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Sumptuous Gump!, 12 April 2007
By Alex Ryde (London, England) - See all my reviews
If you have seen the movie - read the book. You feel like you are meeting Forrest for the first time. The movie is so different from the book that it is practically a whole new life story, but with the same character we all know a love. The horizons are broader, although the world that Gump lives in is darker and he is more maligned than Tom Hanks' Forrest is. Still, when you read the book, you come to realise that there is a little Gump in all of us! Long Live Forrest Gump!
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4.0 out of 5 stars The real Forest Gump emerges, 18 Nov 2008
By Ms. D. Samwell (London, England) - See all my reviews
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I read the book because I thought the movie was kind of ok but I disagreed with the hidden messages within the film e.g. doesn't matter how much of an idiot you are you can still prosper in America blah blah blah. Forest Gump the film is based loosely on the book.

Well read the book and read the real story. Forest has his trials and tribulations and falls in love. It will make you laugh (and cry. You will find yourself reading with an Alabhama drawl and wonder when someone will make the real Forest Gump film. Well worth the read.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A great deal of fun, 4 Dec 2007
By B. J. Madeley - See all my reviews
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Winston Groom's book Forrest Gump is a thoroughly enjoyable read, as long as you don't take it seriously and just accept it as an imaginative, far fetched farse. Forrest is a simple man who gets into a great deal of unorthodox scrapes through no fault of his own, leading to much hilarity and embarresment.
I found this book a joy to read (once I got used to it being written phonetically in an Alabama accent, most unusual)and I would recommend it to anyone looking for some light hearted fun!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing, yet not as good as the movie
The book Forrest Gump is a wonderful, original and dynamic story told entirely in first person by Forrest himself. Read more
Published on 8 Sep 2005 by Mr. D. Middleton

5.0 out of 5 stars great
With comparisions to the great american novel huckleberry finn...this book is the modern day version with plenty of laughs.
Published on 3 Jan 2001

4.0 out of 5 stars It's really good!
Ignore what other people say, the book is brilliant, better than the film. If you liked the film you MUST buy this book, it is by no means the book of the film, it is a novel and... Read more
Published on 6 Aug 2000 by grahamhill13@hotmail.com

1.0 out of 5 stars For once, the movie is good and the book is a piece of trash
I read the book after seeing the movie a thousand times, and since I was obviously obsessed with the story, I wanted to get it in writing, since that's usually more enjoyable than... Read more
Published on 11 Feb 2000 by walton2007@prodigy.net

3.0 out of 5 stars Like a collection of short stories
This book is very witty. I saw the film before I read the book, and if the film had to contain everything that's in the book, it would have to be in two or three parts. Read more
Published on 2 Jan 2000

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