![]() The wonderfully warm, savagely barbed, and hilariously funny novel that inspired iconic film starring Tom Hanks. Go with Forrest to Harvard University, to a Hollywood movie set, on a professional wrestling tour, and into space on the oddest NASA mission ever. About the author Winston Groom, bestselling author of eight novels and several non-fiction books, wrote the acclaimed 1 New York Times bestsellers Forrest Gump and Gumpisms: The Wit and. ![]() It's Forrest Gump as you've never seen him before, but just as lovable as ever.Īt 6'6", 240 pounds, Forrest Gump is a difficult man to ignore, so follow Forrest from the football dynasties of Bear Bryant to the Vietnam War, from encounters with Presidents Johnson and Nixon to powwows with Chairman Mao. 'Superbly controlled satire' Washington Postĭiscover the bestselling novel that inspired the classic Oscar-winning film. ![]() ![]() ![]() THE NOVEL THAT INSPIRED THE 1994 OSCAR-WINNING FILM STARRING TOM HANKS. (born March 23, 1943) is an American novelist and non-fiction writer. Dopey side note, the author of the book got nothing for it because he signed a contract that gave him a percentage of the net profits, and the producers dumped so many costs into the balance sheet the movie technically lost money. ![]()
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