Uncommon Type: Some Stories

"I dare you to start reading Uncommon Type pretending you haven’t yet seen the author’s name – bet you’ll love it anyway. The fact that it’s Tom Hanks is a bonus that adds to the experience, because you’re getting inside the whimsical mind of an actor we all think we already know. Though the quirky stories are fiction, Hanks reveals himself: his obsession with old typewriters and appliances, how his parents’ divorce fueled his curiosity, and – in one of the funnier moments – what it’s like to be a movie actor on a rigidly planned PR junket."