{"product_id":"american-gods-hardcover","title":"American Gods - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNeil Gaiman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Mystery, satire, sex, horror, poetic prose....If you have enjoyed John Crowley's \u003cem\u003eLittle, Big\u003c\/em\u003e or Stephen King's \u003cem\u003eThe Stand\u003c\/em\u003e or the urbane horror fiction of Jonathan Carroll...then \u003cem\u003eAmerican Gods\u003c\/em\u003e arrives just in time.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Dark fun, and nourishing to the soul.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Michael Chabon, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt has been a decade since #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author Neil Gaiman (\u003cem\u003eSandman, Anansi Boys, The Graveyard Book\u003c\/em\u003e) rocked the literary world with \u003cem\u003eAmerican Gods\u003c\/em\u003e--his breathtaking tale of the war on Earth between old gods and new. For those who have yet to experience Gaiman's bestselling tour de force--a novel \u003cem\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/em\u003e called \"a powerful, searing force that makes readers confront what is real and what is not\"--and for those eager to enter this astonishing world again, comes the Author's Preferred Text 10th Anniversary Edition. Winner of the Hugo, Nebula, Locus, and Bram Stoker Awards, with a special introduction by the author, this is \u003cem\u003eAmerican Gods\u003c\/em\u003e as Neil Gaiman always meant it to be.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 2001, \u003cem\u003eAmerican Gods\u003c\/em\u003e became an instant classic--an intellectual and artistic benchmark from the multiple-award-winning master of innovative fiction, Neil Gaiman. Now discover the mystery and magic of \u003cem\u003eAmerican Gods\u003c\/em\u003e in this tenth anniversary edition. Newly updated and expanded with the author's preferred text, this commemorative volume is a true celebration of a modern masterpiece by the one, the only, Neil Gaiman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA storm is coming . . . \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLocked behind bars for three years, Shadow did his time, quietly waiting for the magic day when he could return to Eagle Point, Indiana. A man no longer scared of what tomorrow might bring, all he wanted was to be with Laura, the wife he deeply loved, and start a new life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut just days before his release, Laura and Shadow's best friend are killed in an accident. With his life in pieces and nothing to keep him tethered, Shadow accepts a job from a beguiling stranger he meets on the way home, an enigmatic man who calls himself Mr. Wednesday. A trickster and rogue, Wednesday seems to know more about Shadow than Shadow does himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLife as Wednesday's bodyguard, driver, and errand boy is far more interesting and dangerous than Shadow ever imagined--it is a job that takes him on a dark and strange road trip and introduces him to a host of eccentric characters whose fates are mysteriously intertwined with his own. Along the way Shadow will learn that the past never dies; that everyone, including his beloved Laura, harbors secrets; and that dreams, totems, legends, and myths are more real than we know. Ultimately, he will discover that beneath the placid surface of everyday life a storm is brewing--an epic war for the very soul of America--and that he is standing squarely in its path.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRelevant and prescient, \u003cem\u003eAmerican Gods\u003c\/em\u003e has been lauded for its brilliant synthesis of \"mystery, satire, sex, horror, and poetic prose\" (Michael Dirda, \u003cem\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/em\u003e) and as a modern phantasmagoria that \"distills the essence of America\" (\u003cem\u003eSeattle Post-Intelligencer\u003c\/em\u003e). It is, quite simply, an outstanding work of literary imagination that will endure for generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 560\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 21, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e American Gods\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5.3\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 28\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51753450275104,"sku":"9780062059888","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/3b6c7cafe6c8c0bb9fce40eb0a3f1122.webp?v=1780020799","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/american-gods-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}