Tom Hanks, “Uncommon Type: Some Stories,” Alfred A. Knopf, 2017, 403 pp.
A collection of seventeen short stories showing two-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks as a writer. This collection probably owes its publication to the fact that the author is a famous actor and, in fact, is one of my favorites.
Some of the seventeen stories:
An Eastern European immigrant from Bulgaria 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 perfect game 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.
We then move on to an eccentric billionaire and his faithful executive assistant as they 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.
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