02246cam a2200577 i 4500 364478828 TxAuBib 20181119120000.0 120420s2011||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2012372622 9780062059888 0062059882 9780062080233 0062080237 9780062572233 0062572237 (OCoLC)670476207 TxAuBib rda Gaiman, Neil. American Gods / Neil Gaiman. Tenth anniversary edition. New York : William Morrow, [2011] ©2011. xiv, 541 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier First paperback edition: 2013. "Author's preferred text"--Preliminary page. "With a special introduction by the author"--Jacket. Includes interview with the author and reading group discussion questions (pages 533-541). Days before his release from prison, Shadow's wife, Laura, dies in a mysterious car crash. Numbly, he makes his way back home. On the plane, he encounters the enigmatic Mr Wednesday, who claims to be a refugee from a distant war, a former god and king of America. Together they embark on a profoundly strange journey across the heart of the USA, whilst all around them a storm of preternatural and epic proportions threatens to break. 20181119. Hugo Award for Best Novel, 2002. National characteristics, American Fiction. Spiritual warfare Fiction. Ex-convicts Fiction. Bodyguards Fiction. Widowers Fiction. Bodyguards. Ex-convicts. National characteristics, American. Spiritual warfare. Widowers. Roman. Amerikanisches Englisch. American national characteristics Fiction. Fantasy fiction. Fantasy fiction. Fiction.