01631cam a2200325 i 4500 334681830 TxAuBib 20171207120000.0 170213s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2017006246 9781101946152 1101946156 (OCoLC)972640151 TxAuBib rda Hanks, Tom. Short stories Selections. Uncommon type : some stories / Tom Hanks ; photographs by Kevin Twomey. First edition. New York, NY : Alfred A. Knopf, 2017. ©2017. viii, 405 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "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. 20171207. Typewriters Fiction. Short stories. Twomey, Kevin,.