Uncommon Type: Some Stories (Signed First U.K. Edition)

Tom Hanks (author); Kevin Twomey (photographer)

ISBN 10: 1785151517 / ISBN 13: 9781785151514

Published by William Heinemann, London, 2017

About this Item

William Heinemann, London, 2017. First U.K. edition. First printing (with full number line including the 1). A new copy in a new jacket, within a new hard slipcase. A clean copy with price (£16.99) intact on front flap. Comes with bookmark and two postcards (as pictured). This copy is one of just 750 that has been SIGNED by Tom Hanks on the title page (which also has a special red typewriter stamp), as pictured. Signed-UK-Ld.

Seller Inventory # FLAHIVE-3456

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Uncommon Type: Some Stories (Signed First U.K. Edition)
• Publisher: William Heinemann, London
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1785151517
• ISBN 13: 9781785151514
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Signed First U.K. Editions

About this title

Synopsis

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 has ruined the thing he loves. An eccentric billionaire and his faithful executive assistant 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. They are surprising, intelligent, heart-warming, and, for the millions and millions of Tom Hanks fans, an absolute must-have.

About the Author

Tom Hanks has been an actor, screenwriter, director and through Playtone, a producer. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, Vanity Fair and The New Yorker. This is his first collection of fiction.