"Part Candide, part Huck Finn and a whole lot of Andy Griffith, [Gump] makes his case in a voice all his own."
--Los Angeles Times
"A Huckleberry Finn-type odyssey, complete with humor-tempered irony and insight of Mark Twain. A rollicking satire, milking laughs from our sacred cows...as much fun as a box of chocolates, but far less fattening."
--Pittsburgh Press
"A most gentle spirit, Forrest Gump should enter the annals of fiction as a great American hero."
--Ocala Star-Banner
Meet Forrest Gump, the lovable, Herculean, and surprisingly savvy hero of this remarkable comic odyssey. After accidentally becoming the star of the University of Alabama’s football team, Forrest goes on to become a Vietnam War hero, a world-class Ping-Pong player, a villainous wrestler, and a business tycoon-as he wonders with childlike wisdom at the insanity all around him. In between misadventures, he manages to compare battle scars with Lyndon Johnson, discover the truth about Richard Nixon, and survive the ups and downs of remaining true to his only love, Jenny, on an extraordinary journey through three decades of the American cultural landscape. Forrest Gump has one heck of a story to tell-and you’ve got to read it to believe it...
