Henry Carter Hull

Walter Claireborne Rawley learns magic and becomes an American hero, then lives out his days long after the magic is forgotten.

"Bein' a idiot is no box of chocolates," but "at least I ain't led no hum-drum life," says Forrest Gump, the lovable, surprisingly savvy hero of this wonderful comic tale. When the University of Alabama's football team drafts Forrest and makes him a star, that's only the beginning! He flunks out--and goes on to be a Vietnam war hero, a world-class Ping-Pong player, a wrestler, and a business tycoon. He compares battle scars with Lyndon Johnson, discovers...

"A triumph."

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The assumptions and obsessions that control our daily lives are explored in tantalizing detail by master novelist John Updike in this wise, witty, and sexy story. Harry Angstrom--known to all as Rabbit, one of America's most famous literary characters--finds his dreary life shattered by the infidelity of his wife, Janice. How he resolves or further complicates his problems makes for a novel of the first...

Robin begins to realize the intricacy of what it means to be human when she rescues an innocent man mistaken for a beast and takes him home with her.

Named after founder Alexander Portnoy, Portnoy's Complaint is a disorder in which an individual's sexual urges deeply conflict with their ethical and moral values, resulting in complete sexual frustration. Here, in one singular, stunning monologue, Alexander Portnoy narrates his plight to his psychoanalyst Dr. Spielvogel.

The lives to two confirmed bachelors are turned upside down when, on the verge of the biggest business deal of their lives, they are saddled with the care of seven-year-old twins. Two friends and business partners find their lives turned upside down when strange circumstances lead to them being placed in the care of 7-year-old twins.