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title: "Uncommon Type: Some Stories"
brand: "tom hanks"
price: "476 Lei"
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# Uncommon Type: Some Stories

**Brand:** tom hanks
**Price:** 476 Lei
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

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- **What is this?** Uncommon Type: Some Stories by tom hanks
- **How much does it cost?** 476 Lei with free shipping
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Tom Hanks types.
  

*by S***H on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 November 2017*

Tom Hanks collects typewriters. Here, in his fiction debut, he uses them as a linking thread in his short stories; occasionally, the device feels a little shoe-horned in but most of the time it works very well. Hanks can probably afford a castle to house his vast collection of typewriters yet to me it’s clear that the financial rewards of his success have not lifted his feet from the ground by even an inch. Many of the stories are about ordinary people in ordinary situations doing ordinary everyday things. And even in the more ‘out there’ stories, the emotions of his characters are recognisably real. Hanks’s genuine warmth, empathy and down-to-earth decency shine through – these surely are the very qualities that contribute so much to his acting ability.At first, it’s hard to shake off Hanks’s distinctive voice. But it’s not long before the author’s grasp of character takes over and one finds oneself immersed, tuning out Tom in favour of the voice in the story: A divorcee who moves to a quiet neighbourhood and fears she will be pestered by the guy next door. The ten-year old boy who goes to visit his estranged mother for a special birthday treat. The columnist of a local paper who feels compelled to big up his small town (one gets the feeling that in another life, Hanks might have enjoyed being a journo). There are sci-fi stories too, like a time-travel take on Cinder(f)ella which is very well-told even though the outcome is predictable.In fact, Hanks doesn’t once go for the smartypants, sting-in-the-tale short story payoff and, in my view, this is A Good Thing. The last story ‘Steve Wong Is Perfect’ was my favourite: a strike! All in all, a convincing and enjoyable debut – if a little vanilla. Give it a shot.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Unusual collection of short stories, hence the name...
  

*by N***Y on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 November 2018*

When you come up through the writing world, you have to write short stories and enter them into competitions. Unfortunately, the current trend is that the darkly twisted, weird and grotesque ones, are more likely to win.  So, for me, this was a refreshing take on the short story, with amusing and deeply touching vignettes, each one about love.  An extra dimension was that I could hear Hanks' voice in every sentence as we are so familiar with his acting career.  I thoroughly enjoyed reading "The Uncommon Type".  The title of the book is interesting too, as there are moments of revelation that we may not have thought about, when we are an average, ordinary person.  In fact, there is nothing average about it, as we are all unique, uniquely placed in our time and culture.  I get that Hanks, and thanks, what a great book.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Uncommonly Great!
  

*by S***R on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 May 2018*

I bought the book of Tom Hank's short stories after listening to him reading the little jems on CD. I have enjoyed hearing and reading them so much. The stories often reflect on family life, romance, the impact of war and the complexity of human existence. My favourite involves time travel and even though as a reader you know where the tale will most likely end, you still feel surprised by  how it turns out.Tom collects typewriters in real life and each story contains a reference to a machine in some way. Read this book. You will not regret it.

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