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020 $a9781101911945 (pbk.) :$cNT$560
040 $aTWTNM$beng$dTWTNM
050 00$aPS3608.A71522$bA6 2018
082 04$a813.6$222
100 1 $aHanks, Tom,$eauthor.
245 10$aUncommon type :$bsome stories /$cTom Hanks ; photographs by Kevin Twomey.
250 $aFirst Vintage book edition.
260 $aNew York :$bVintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC,$c2018.
300 $aviii, 405 p. :$bill. ;$c21 cm.
505 00$tThree exhausting weeks --$tChristmas Eve 1953 --$tA junket in the city of light --$tOur town today with Hank Fiset : An elephant in the pressroom --$tWelcome to Mars --$tA month on Greene Street --$tAlan Bean plus four --$tOur town today with Hank Fiset : At loose in the Big Apple --$tWho's who? --$tA special weekend --$tThese are the meditations of my heart --$tOur town today with Hank Fiset : Back from back in time --$tThe past is important to us --$tStay with us --$tGo see Costas --$tOur town today with Hank Fiset : Your Evangelista, Esperanza --$tSteve Wong is perfect.
520 $a"A gentle Eastern European immigrant arrives in New York City after his family and his life have been torn apart by his country's civil war. A man who loves to bowl rolls a perfect game--and then another and then another and then many more in a row until he winds up ESPN's newest celebrity, and he must decide if the combination of perfection and celebrity has ruined the thing he loves. An eccentric billionaire and his faithful executive assistant venture into America looking for acquisitions and discover a down and out motel, romance, and a bit of real life. These are just some of the tales Tom Hanks tells in this first collection of his short stories ..."--Publisher annotation.
650 0$aTypewriters$vFiction.
700 1 $aTwomey, Kevin,$ephotographer.