Being There
Jerzy Kosiński
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
3.86
· 36 ratings · 162 pages · Published: 1968
Chance, the enigmatic gardener, becomes Chauncey Gardiner after getting hit by a limo belonging to a Wall Street tycoon. The whirlwind that follows brings Chance to his new status of political policy advisor and possible vice presidential candidate. His garden-variety political responses, inspired by television, become heralded as visionary, and he is soon a media icon due to his unknown background and vague, yet appealing, conversational nature.
Being There was adapted into an Academy Award-winning film, starring Peter Sellers as Chance, in 1979.
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