American Gods
American Gods by Neil Gaiman, published by Headline Feature in 2001, is a first edition novel comprising 504 pages. The story follows Shadow, who, after serving three years in prison, faces a tumultuous return to life when he learns of his wife’s mysterious death just days before his release. As he navigates his grief, he encounters Mr. Wednesday, a peculiar figure claiming to be a former god, leading Shadow on an extraordinary journey across America.
Readers will find themselves immersed in a narrative that intertwines the realms of the divine and the mundane, exploring themes of mythology and identity. As Shadow and Mr. Wednesday travel, they confront a series of murders that have haunted a small town each winter, all while Shadow grapples with his past and the forces pursuing him. This edition presents a unique blend of contemporary literature and fiction, inviting readers to delve into Gaiman’s exploration of the soul of America.
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After three years in prison, Shadow has done his time. But as the days, then the hours, then the seconds until his release tick away, he can feel a storm building. Two days before he gets out, his wife Laura dies in a mysterious car crash, in apparently 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 they are being pursued by someone with whom Shadow must make his peace …
Disturbing, gripping and profoundly strange, Neil Gaiman’s epic new novel sees him on the road to finding the soul of America.
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