![]() ![]() At a loss, he takes up with a mysterious character called Wednesday, who is much more than he appears. Shadow gets out of prison early when his wife is killed in a car crash. Gaiman tackles everything from the onslaught of the information age to the meaning of death, but he doesn’t sacrifice the razor-sharp plotting and narrative style he’s been delivering since his Sandman days. Not knowing much lore, he nevertheless has to do his best to fulfill his employer’s missions, feeling his way through potential dangers and political intrigue.Īmerican Gods is Neil Gaiman’s best and most ambitious novel yet, a scary, strange, and hallucinogenic road-trip story wrapped around a deep examination of the American spirit. ![]() We follow one individual, Shadow, who isn’t himself a god, but who might be employed by one, on journeys to various odd locations in the U.S.
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