Gumpisms: The Wit & Wisdom Of Forrest Gump

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Summary

With an Introduction by
P.J. O'Rourke

THE WORLD WILL NEVER
BE THE SAME ONCE
YOU'VE SEEN IT THROUGH
THE EYES OF FORREST GUMP

America's most lovable new hero is winning smiles and hearts everywhere these days - in the Paramount motion picture, Forrest Gump, starring Tom Hanks, and in the novel by Winston Groom
(available in Black Swan paperback), hailed by critics as one of the funniest books they've ever read.Now the fun continues in this delightful confection of wit and wisdom from the world according to Gump...

'ALWAYS BE ABLE TO LOOK BACK AND SAY "AT LEAST I DIDN'TLEAD NO HUMDRUM LIFE"'

About the author

Winston Groom

Winston Groom wrote the acclaimed Vietnam War novel Better Times Than These, the prize-winning As Summers Die, and co-authored Conversations with the Enemy, which was nominated for a 1984 Pulitzer Prize. He was also the author of the No.1 New York Times bestsellers Forrest Gump and Gumpisms: The Wit and Wisdom of Forrest Gump.

Winston Groom lived in New York and Point Clear, Alabama. He died in September 2020.

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