{"product_id":"gump-co-paperback","title":"Gump \u0026 Co. - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWinston Groom\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForrest Gump captured our hearts in the #1 New York Times bestselling novel Forrest Gump, and in the blockbuster film, winner of six Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Actor. Now he returns in the long-awaited sequel to the book hailed by Larry King as \"the funniest novel I have ever read.\" A little older, and wiser in his unique way, Forrest is still running -- this time straight into the age of greed and instant gratification known as the 1980s. Whenever I really get stumped, I go visit Jenny's grave. She tells me she's always rooting for me. The Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. has gone bust and now Forrest is flat broke, sweeping floors in a New Orleans strip joint, when a fresh opportunity to play championship football puts him back in the limelight -- and in the money. But fate turns fickle again, and he's soon out on the road selling phony encyclopedias and trying to raise his son, little Forrest, who needs his father more than ever. Forrest's remarkable, touching, and utterly comic odyssey has just begun: in store for him is an explosive attempt at hog farming; his own dubious recipe for adding life to New Coke; an encounter with Oliver North of the Iran-Contra affair; and a chance yet again to unwittingly twist the nose of history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinston Groom,  bestselling author of nine books, wrote the acclaimed Vietnam War novel \u003ci\u003eBetter Times Than These, \u003c\/i\u003e the prize-winning \u003ci\u003eAs Summers Die, Gone the Sun, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOnly.\u003c\/i\u003e He coauthored \u003ci\u003eConversations With the Enemy, \u003c\/i\u003e which was nominated for a 1984 Pulitzer Prize. He is also the author of the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestsellers \u003ci\u003eForrest Gump\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGumpisms: The Wit and Wisdom of Forrest Gump.\u003c\/i\u003e The phenomenal hit film \u003ci\u003eForrest Gump\u003c\/i\u003e garnered six Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor. Mr. Groom is also the author of \u003ci\u003eShrouds of Glory, \u003c\/i\u003e an account of Confederate General John Bell Hood's decisive actions in the lost great campaign of the Civil War. He lives in Point Clear, Alabama.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.64 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42118564610183,"sku":"9781451607543","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/dec3fc7d5c0ec82e6f2a1809b9f83801.webp?v=1732534433","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/gump-co-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}