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Uncommon Type : Some Stories by Tom Hanks (2017, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherDiversified Publishing
ISBN-100525590501
ISBN-139780525590507
eBay Product ID (ePID)239881104
Product Key Features
Book TitleUncommon Type : Some Stories
Number of Pages512 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2017
TopicShort Stories (Single Author), Anthologies (Multiple Authors), Literary
FeaturesLarge Type
GenreFiction
AuthorTom Hanks
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight17 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Reviews"It turns out that Tom Hanks is also a wise and hilarious writer with an endlessly surprising mind. Damn it." --Steve Martin "The central quality to Tom's writing is a kind of poignant playfulness. It's exactly what you hope from him, except you wish he were sitting in your home, reading it aloud to you, one story at a time." --Mindy Kaling "Wait--Tom Hanks can write, too? Funny, moving, deftly surprising stories? That's just swell. Maybe there's no crying in baseball, pal, but it's perfectly acceptable in the book business. That's how we drown envy." --Carl Hiaasen "Mr. Hanks turns out to be as authentically genuine a Writer with as capital a W as ever touched a typewriter key. The stories in UNCOMMON TYPE range from the hilarious to the deeply touching. They move in period, location and manner, but all demonstrate a joy in writing, a pleasure in communicating an intensely American sense of atmosphere, friendship, life and family that is every bit as smart, engaging and humane as the man himself. All with that extra quality of keenly observant and sympathetic intelligence that has always set Tom Hanks apart. I blink, bubble and boggle in amazed admiration." --Stephen Fry
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal813/.6
Edition DescriptionLarge Type / large print edition
SynopsisA 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, 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!
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- Jul 29, 2020
who kneww Tom Hanks was such a good writer
Great book. Like it because it is a collection of short stories . I don't always have time to sit & read a whole book , this way I can just read a story at a time. I didn't know Tom Hanks was such a good writer,. These stories are heart felt & maybe some will think they are old fashioned stories , but I really enjoyed what I have read so far.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Oct 10, 2025
Great large print edition! ...
Great large print edition!Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
