Forrest Gump is line bred out of Voltaire and Huck Finn; its humour is wild and coarse, a satire right on the money. It is not the less honest for being so funny, for bringing the woebegone archangels of our culture and history to judgement. Anyone who doesn't read this book deserves to spend the winter in North Dakota

A superbly controlled satire

Rollicking, bawdy... A good time... Poking fun at everything

Winston Groom has created the ideal citizen for the modern world - a perfect idiot

Joyously madcap

Part Candide, part Huck Finn and a whole lot of Andy Griffith, [Gump] makes his case in a voice all his own

Has many pleasures to offer