Being There
by Jerzy Kosinski
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Author: Jerzy KosinskiEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1999-09-20
ISBN: 0802136346
Number of pages: 160
Publisher: Grove Press
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Book Review: If you liked Forrest Gump, you'll hate this :-)
Summary: 5 Stars
I read this years and years ago - and I could not put it down. Look at the world through the eyes of someone with a different viewpoint. Imagine a world where you didn't understand innuendo and sarcasm. Try and believe in a man who is entirely honest, with no understanding of pretence, and no pretence of understanding. That is Chance, the gardener, who's only experience of the world is through the TV - who became Chauncey Gardiner, mover, shaker and advisor to the President. This story is dark, and left me re-examining my view of the world. They made a film of this with Peter Sellers, and nobody really understood the simple humour and the painful observation of us all that made this story a classic. No-one but Sellers could have done it justice. The comparison with Forrest Gump is inescapable - but you have to read this one to make it really work.
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