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erikakay 's review for:
Uncommon Type
by Tom Hanks
The author has a wonderful flair with words and descriptive prose but some of the short stories seemed to lack an ending. I mean, obviously they did end, but some of the endings were anti-climatic, with A Special Weekend among the weakest story and ending.
Topics of the short stories mimic Hanks’ known interests: World War II, space (and time) travel, the entertainment industry and, of course, typewriters.
He created newspaper columnist Hank Fiset, who appears in four stories. Hank reminded me of the late Mike Royko’s Slats Grobnik. I didn’t like the device when Royko (a Pulitzer winner for commentary in 1972) used it and it was no more endearing by Hanks.
Topics of the short stories mimic Hanks’ known interests: World War II, space (and time) travel, the entertainment industry and, of course, typewriters.
He created newspaper columnist Hank Fiset, who appears in four stories. Hank reminded me of the late Mike Royko’s Slats Grobnik. I didn’t like the device when Royko (a Pulitzer winner for commentary in 1972) used it and it was no more endearing by Hanks.