num_pages: 640
description: alternate cover edition hereIs nothing sacred?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.Scary, gripping and deeply unsettling, American Gods takes a long, hard look into the soul of America. You'll be surprised by what - and who - it finds there...This is the author's preferred text, never before published in the UK, which is about 12,000 words longer than the previous UK edition.
language: English
title: American Gods
titlecomplete: American Gods (American Gods, #1)
characters: Samantha Black Crow, Whiskey Jack, Technical Boy, Loki, Chad Mulligan, Odin (deity), Shadow Moon, Mr. World, Margaret Black Crow, Czernobog, Bilquis, Mr. Ibis, Easter, Mr. Nancy, Media, Mr. Town, Mr. Wednesday, Mad Sweeney, Mr. Jacquel, Hinzelmann, Laura Moon, Spider
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy, Contemporary, Science Fiction, Urban Fantasy, Adult, Horror, Mythology, Fantasy, Audiobook
ratings_count: 902776
places: Chicago, Illinois, Chattanooga, Tennessee, Illinois, Minnesota, The United States of America, Wisconsin
series: American Gods
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Bram Stoker Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Hugo Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Nebula Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Fantasy Novel, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: International Horror Guild Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: World Fantasy Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: SFX Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Geffen Award, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Mythopoeic Fantasy Award
category: Adult Literature, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: British Science Fiction Association Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire
category: Roman étranger, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Prix Bob Morane
category: roman traduit, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: British Fantasy Award
category: Best Novel (August Derlith Fantasy Award)
publisher: Headline Review