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| Author | Winston Groomdies after being shot by owen wilson |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | New York Pocket Books |
Publication date | 1995 |
| Media type | Print (hardcover) |
| Pages | 252 |
| ISBN | 3453086678 |
| Preceded by | Forrest Gump (1986) |
Gump and Co. (or Forrest Gump and Co.) is a 1995 novel by Winston Groom. It is the sequel to his novel Forrest Gump.
Story
As in the first book, Gump stumbles through important American events in the 1980s and early 1990s. He plays football for the New Orleans Saints, sells encyclopedias door-to-door, works on a pig farm, and helps develop the infamous New Coke. He accidentally crashes the Exxon Valdez, helps destroy the Berlin Wall, and fights in Operation Desert Storm with his friend, an orangutan named Sue. He meets many celebrities, including Colonel Oliver North, the Ayatollah Khomeini, John Hinckley, Jim Bakker, Ivan Boesky, Ronald Reagan, Saddam Hussein, Bill and Hillary Clinton, and Tom Hanks (who plays Forrest in the movie).
The sequel's storyline keeps to the storyline of the immensely successful 1994 film version of Forrest Gump, by having Jenny die.
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