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Uncommon Type: Some Stories
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Uncommon Type: Some Stories Paperback - 2017

by Tom Hanks

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From the publisher

A collection of seventeen wonderful short stories showing that two-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks is as talented a writer as he is an actor.

A gentle Eastern European immigrant arrives in New York City after his family and his life have been torn apart by his country's civil war. A man who loves to bowl rolls a perfect game--and then another and then another and then many more in a row until he winds up ESPN's newest celebrity, and he must decide if the combination of perfection and celebrity has ruined the thing he loves. An eccentric billionaire and his faithful executive assistant venture into America looking for acquisitions and discover a down and out motel, romance, and a bit of real life. These are just some of the tales Tom Hanks tells in this first collection of his short stories. They are surprising, intelligent, heartwarming, and, for the millions and millions of Tom Hanks fans, an absolute must-have!

Details

  • Title Uncommon Type: Some Stories
  • Author Tom Hanks
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition LRG
  • Pages 512
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Random House Large Print Publishing
  • Publication date 2017-10
  • Large Print Yes
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780525590507 / 0525590501
  • Weight 1.06 lbs (0.48 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.17 x 6.08 x 1.12 in (23.29 x 15.44 x 2.84 cm)
  • Category Fiction - General
  • Library of Congress subjects Short stories, Large type books
  • Dewey Decimal Code 813.6

About the author

TOM HANKS has been an actor, screenwriter, director and, through Playtone, a producer. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, Vanity Fair, and The New Yorker. This is his first collection of fiction.

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