![]() ![]() That, too, shaved off the rougher edges of the character, who shared with his creator all 6 ft 6 in of his height and a quirky, distinctively Southern way of speaking and seeing the world, encapsulated in the folksy proverbs Gump utters. In the book, Gump is a simple-minded but kindly soul who proves a genius at games such as chess and wrestling (neither of which featured in the film). ![]() The novel, he said, then more or less wrote itself in six weeks, without his making any notes and directed by the primeval part of his brain. These influences combined so powerfully that within a few hours he had the first chapter of Forrest Gump completed. Groom had recently watched a documentary about “idiot savants”. He recalled how the local children had teased a boy with learning difficulties, until they heard perfectly played piano music wafting from his window, just two days after his mother had bought him the instrument. The story had its origin in the reminiscences of Groom’s father about Alabama in the early 20th century. Winston Groom, who has died aged 77, was an American author whose novels included Forrest Gump (1986), which was adapted as the 1994 Oscar-winning film starring Tom Hanks. ![]()
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