The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece

Tom Hanks, an American producer, director and actor, two-time Oscar winner, who made his debut as a writer with the short story collection "Uncommon Type", is making a remarkable return to literature.

"The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece" is a multilayered story that spans nearly 80 years. A novel about the American film industry today, but also about small-town life after World War II.

A Marine returning from the Pacific front searches for himself with his Harley Davidson. A young artist creates comics inspired by his uncle's heroism. An eccentric writer and director discovers a discarded box of comics. Using his typewriter, he turns one of them into the basis of a high-budget action film featuring a pair of superheroes embroiled in fantastic firefights and an overwhelming attraction.

Detailed, funny and provocative, filled with nostalgia for the idea of an America gone by, Tom Hanks' novel introduces the reader to the complex process of making a multi-million dollar Hollywood blockbuster: from the source material, through conception, development, pre-production, filming, post-production and meeting the audience.

The characters in Hanks' novel are not just the stars on the set, but all the members on the production team, whom he brings out of anonymity by dedicating his book to them.