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Uncommon Type: Some Stories Hardback - 2017

by Tom Hanks

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER - A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: NPR, USA Today - A collection of "first-rate" short stories (The New York Times) that explore--with great affection, humor, and insight--the human condition in all its foibles.

A small-town newspaper columnist with old-fashioned views of the modern world. A World War II veteran grappling with his emotional and physical scars. A second-rate actor plunged into sudden stardom and a whirlwind press junket. Four friends traveling to the moon in a rocketship built in the backyard. These are just some of the stories that Tom Hanks captures in his first work of fiction.

The stories are linked by one thing: in each of them, a typewriter plays a part, sometimes minor, sometimes central.

To many, typewriters represent a level of craftsmanship, beauty, and individuality that is harder and harder to find in the modern world. In these stories, Hanks gracefully reaches that typewriter-worthy level. By turns whimsical, witty, and moving, Uncommon Type establishes him as a welcome and wonderful new voice in contemporary fiction.

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  • Title Uncommon Type: Some Stories
  • Author Tom Hanks
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 416
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Knopf Publishing Group, New York
  • Publication date 2017-10
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • ISBN 9781101946152 / 1101946156
  • Weight 1.15 lbs (0.52 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.9 x 5.5 x 1.2 in (20.07 x 13.97 x 3.05 cm)
  • Themes
    • Topical: Library Reads
  • Category Fiction - General
  • Library of Congress subjects Short stories
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2017006246
  • Dewey Decimal Code 813.6

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Citations

  • Booklist, 08/01/2017, Page 27
  • Kirkus Reviews, 07/15/2017, Page 0
  • Kirkus Reviews Fall Preview, 08/15/2017, Page 7
  • Library Journal, 10/15/2017, Page 0
  • Library Journal Prepub Alert, 05/01/2017, Page 50
  • Publishers Weekly, 08/21/2017, Page 0

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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