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Uncommon type

Paperback • 2017 • English • 1. edition

Uncommon type: some stories

By Tom Hanks

1 Ratings • 5.0 of 5

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About the book

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 ...Show more

Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary
Short stories

Book details

ISBN

9781524711313

Publisher

Alfred A. Knopf

Published year

2017

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

Uncommon type

Format

Paperback

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