Gump and Co.

Gump & Co. (or Forrest Gump and Co.) is a 1995 novel by Winston Groom. It is the sequel to his novel Forrest Gump (1986), and the Academy Award-winning film Forrest Gump (1994), with Tom Hanks. It was written to chronicle Forrest's life throughout the 1980s.
Plot
On the first page, Forrest Gump tells readers "Don't never let nobody make a movie of your life's story," though "Whether they get it right or wrong, it don't matter."
However, the character is not an idiot savant, as in the first book, but more similar to Tom Hanks' "warmhearted dope". Frequent spelling and grammar mistakes, in the text, are used as a device to indicate the character's deficient education and cognitive difficulties.
The story suggests that the real-life events surrounding the film have affected Forrest's life.
Synopsis
In 1980, the shrimp market has exploded, and Forrest cannot keep up with the demand. Adding...