American Gods

American Gods

by NeilGaiman (Author)

Synopsis

After three years in prison, Shadow has done his time. But as the time until his release ticks away, he can feel a storm brewing. Two days before he gets out, his wife Laura dies in a mysterious car crash, in adulterous circumstances. Dazed, Shadow travels home, only to encounter the bizarre Mr Wednesday claiming to be a refugee from a distant war, a former god and the king of America. Together they embark on a very strange journey across the States, along the way solving the murders which have occurred every winter in one small American town. But the storm is about to break...Disturbing, gripping and profoundly strange, Gaiman's epic new novel sees him on the road to the heart of America.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 672
Publisher: Headline Review
Published: 21 Jun 2011

ISBN 10: 0755386248
ISBN 13: 9780755386246
Book Overview: Headline celebrates the 10-year publication anniversary of this extraordinary novel from a storytelling genius

Media Reviews
American Gods is like a fast run downhill through a maze -- both exhilarating and twisted. --Jane Lindskold, author of Changer and
Original, engrossing, and endlessly inventive; a picaresque journey across America where the travelers are even stranger than the roadside attractions. --George R. R. Martin
Gaiman understands the shape of stories. --Patrick Rothfuss, www.tor.com
American Gods is sexy, thrilling, dark, funny and poetic. --Teller, of Penn & Teller
Author Bio
Neil Gaiman was born in England but now lives in Minnesota, in a big house of uncertain location where he accumulates computers and cats.