{"product_id":"uncommon-type-some-stories-3","title":"Tom Hanks: Uncommon Type [2017] hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eTIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA collection of seventeen wonderful short stories showing that two-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks is as talented a writer as he is an actor.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA 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 neighborhood 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese are just some of the people and situations that Tom Hanks explores in his first work of fiction, a collection of stories that dissects, with great affection, humour and insight, the human condition and all its foibles. 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 his stories, Mr Hanks gracefully reaches that typewriter-worthy level.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKnown for his honesty and sensitivity as an actor, Mr Hanks brings both those characteristics to his writing. Alternatingly whimsical, moving and occasionally melancholy, \u003ci\u003eUncommon Type\u003c\/i\u003e is a book that will delight as well as surprise his millions of fans. It also establishes him as a welcome and wonderful new voice in contemporary fiction, a voice that perceptively delves beneath the surface of friendships, families, love and normal, everyday behaviour.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hanks, Tom","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":49858677768531,"sku":"XV81785151514","price":12.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Like New","offer_id":48122977780051,"sku":"XE81785151514","price":14.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"New","offer_id":51582533501267,"sku":"9781785151514","price":22.1,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Good","offer_id":49742251589971,"sku":"XG81785151514","price":5.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/hanks-tom-tom-hanks-uncommon-type-2017-hardback-59881399583059.jpg?v=1754561798","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/uncommon-type-some-stories-3","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}