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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. Alternatingly whimsical, moving and occasionally melancholy, Uncommon Type is a book that will delight as well as surprise.A hectic, funny sexual affair between two best friends. A World War II veteran dealing with his emotional and physical scars. A second-rate actor plunged into sudden stardom and a whirlwind press junket. A small-town newspaper columnist with old-fashioned views of the modern world. A woman adjusting to life in a new neighbourhood after her divorce. Four friends going to the moon and back in a rocket ship constructed in the backyard. A teenage surfer stumbling into his father's secret life."While all of the 17 stories in Uncommon Type feature a different antique manual typewriter (Hanks is an avid collector), they are linked by something greater than typewriter ribbons: a decidedly benign, humane view of people and their foibles ... Some of the stories are whimsical, some funny, some downright sentimental. Even when Hanks writes about sombre subjects like the durable distress of combat or the high stakes for immigrants fleeing

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Author

Tom Hanks; photographs by Kevin Twomey

Publisher

Knopf Canada

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9780735273832

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Short Stories, Fiction

Rating

3.54 / 5 (42 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14