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American Gods by Neil Gaiman

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American Gods

A Novel

Neil Gaiman

HarperCollins · Print & ebook · March 16, 2021

Reading lane: Dark Fantasy

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman, a contemporary masterpiece combing mythology, adventure, and illusion―one of ten classic Gaiman works repackaged with elegant original watercolor art by acclaimed artist Henry Sene Yee Released from prison, Shadow finds his world turned upside down.

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Shadowed Roads

A dark, contemporary fantasy that rewards lingering in its shadows.

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  • modern dark-fantasy atmosphere
  • layered, sustained immersion

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  • fantasy-adventure propulsion
  • book-club conversation fuel

Book Details

Authors
Neil Gaiman
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published
March 16, 2021
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Dark Fantasy · Contemporary Fantasy
Reading lane
Dark Fantasy

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  • Action & Adventure

  • Contemporary Fantasy

  • Dark Fantasy

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About This Book

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman, a contemporary masterpiece combing mythology, adventure, and illusion―one of ten classic Gaiman works repackaged with elegant original watercolor art by acclaimed artist Henry Sene Yee Released from prison, Shadow finds his world turned upside down. His wife has been killed; a stranger offers him a job and Shadow, with nothing to lose, accepts. But a storm is coming. Beneath the placid surface of everyday life, a war is...

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From #1 New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman, a contemporary masterpiece combing mythology, adventure, and illusion―one of ten classic Gaiman works repackaged with elegant original watercolor art by acclaimed artist Henry Sene Yee Released from prison, Shadow finds his world turned upside down. His wife has been killed; a stranger offers him a job and Shadow, with nothing to lose, accepts. But a storm is coming. Beneath the placid surface of everyday life, a war is being fought – and the prize is the very soul of America. An inspired combination of mythology, adventure, and illusion, American Gods is a dark and kaleidoscopic journey deep into myth and across an America at once eerily familiar and utterly alien. It is, quite simply, a contemporary masterpiece. “Piercingly observed, jaggedly poetic, ruthlessly cutting a path through graveyards of dead stars and dead money and dead feelings, this novel is the map back to dawn.” — Steve Erickson “ American Gods manages to reinvent, and reassert, the enduring importance of fantastic literature itself in this late age of the world. Dark fun, and nourishing to the soul.” — Michael Chabon

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