Uncommon Type

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. Alternatingly whimsical, moving and occasionally melancholy, this 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. Stories that delve beneath the surface of friendship, families, love and everyday behaviour.