The World According to Tom Hanks: The Life, the Obsessions, the Good Deeds of America's Most Decent Guy
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Review "If there is a new Mr. Rogers in our culture, it's got to be Tom Hanks: honest, decent, trustworthy. Gavin Edwards's book taps into what makes Hanks someone we love and someone we should emulate."―Morgan Neville, director of Won't You Be My Neighbor?"There have been greater, weightier testaments to the art of cinema published in 2016 . . . but for sheer dopamine release, [The Tao of Bill Murray is] hard to beat."―The New York Times Book Review Read more About the Author Gavin Edwards is the New York Times bestselling author of nine books, including The Tao of Bill Murray, Last Night at the Viper Room, Can I Say (written with Travis Barker), VJ (written with the original MTV VJs), and 'Scuse Me While I Kiss This Guy. As a longtime contributing editor for Rolling Stone, he has written a dozen cover stories for the magazine, traveled the world from Bahrain to New Zealand, and taken a city bus to the Grammys. He lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, with his wife and their two sons. Read more
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I was leery this would be a Tom Hanks love-in with minimal depth and insight.It is much better than that.In part one Edwards traces Hanks from birth to stardom. He uses a lot of quotesfrom others about Hanks and from Hanks over the years. I didn't realize his childhood was so challenging.Part two is the ten commandments of Tom Hanks, a way of packing more anecdotes and his core beliefs.Part three is a breakdown of each Hanks movie. Not only is this not a love letter, he is unusually critical of a numberof really good Hanks movies. Surprised me, but in a good way.If you want to know more about why you like Hanks so much, it's here.