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Forrest Gump

By: Winston Groom
Narrated by: Winston Groom
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Summary

When the University of Alabama's football team drafts Forrest and makes him a star, that's only the beginning! He flunks out - and goes on to be a Vietnam war hero, a world-class ping-pong player, a wrestler, and a business tycoon. He compares battle scars with Lyndon Johnson, discovers the truth about Richard Nixon, and suffers the ups and downs of true love. Now, Forrest Gump's telling all - in a madcap, screwball romp through three decades of the American landscape. It's Gump's amazing travels...and you have to hear them to believe them.
©1994 Winston Groom. All Rights Reserved (P)1994 Simon & Schuster Inc., All Rights Reserved. AUDIOWORKS Is An Imprint of Simon & Schuster Audio Division, Simon & Schuster Inc.
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"A wonderful read. I laughed out loud time and again." ( Atlanta Journal & Constitution)

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Enjoyable

The movie is far better but enjoyed the story its a nice listen not to long.

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Favourite movie and a great book.

This book is really for those who like to value what's important in life. Highly recommended if you're going through a rough patch.

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great

so different to the film. would to see this version as a mini series, tvmovie

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Different from the movie

Great story although different from the movie me read very well by the narrator. Shame there wasn't an unabridged version.

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Not good

Forrest Gump has no depth, he is a cliche. The story is a mess.
The reader keeps sighing, you can hear how bored he is!

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Very good but I'm sad that it was abridged

This was an excellent story, read by the author no less but sadly abridged and way too short for me to enjoy, especially considering the parts that they cut were excellent.

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