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Elizabeth the First Wife
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American Gods

ISBN13: 9780694525492
ISBN10: 0694525499
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The storm was coming...

For the three years Shadow spent in prison, all he wanted was to get back to the loving arms of his wife and stay out of trouble for the rest of his life. But days before his release, he learns that his wife has been killed in an accident, and his world becomes a colder place.

On the plane ride home to the funeral, Shadow meets a man who calls himself Mr. Wednesday, a self-declared grifter, who offers Shadow a job.Shadow, a man with nothing to lose, accepts. But he soon learns that his role in Wednesday's schemes will be far more dangerous than he could have ever imagined.

American Gods is a dark and kaleidoscopic journey deep into myth and across an America at once eerily familiar and utterly alien. Magnificently told, American Gods is a work of literary magic that will haunt the listener long after it has been heard. Performed by George Guidall

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"[A] noirish sci-fi road trip....[Gaiman] has a deft hand with the mythologies he tinkers with here; even better, he's a fine, droll storyteller." Kera Bolonik, The New York Times Book Review

About the Author

Neil Gaiman has written award-winning books for children and adults, including the Newbery Medal-winning novel The Graveyard Book and Coraline, Stardust, and Odd and the Frost Giants. His picture books include Instructions and Blueberry Girl, illustrated by Charles Vess; The Wolves in the Walls, The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish, and Crazy Hair, illustrated by Dave McKean; and The Dangerous Alphabet, illustrated by Gris Grimly. A baby giant panda once sat on his lap and ate bamboo in Chengdu, China.

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ISBN:: 9780694525492
Subtitle:: American Gods
Read:: Gaiman, Neil
Read by:: Gaiman, Neil
Read by:: Guidall, George
Read:: Gaiman, Neil
Read:: Guidall, George
Author:: Boutsikaris, Dennis
Author:: McLarty, Ron
Author:: Jones, Sarah
Author:: Gaiman, Neil
Author:: Guidall, George
Author:: Oreskes, Daniel
Author:: Guidall George
Read:: Guidall, George
Publisher:: HarperAudio
Location:: New York
Subject:: Death
Subject:: Suspense
Subject:: Suspense fiction
Subject:: Fantasy - Contemporary
Subject:: Fraud
Subject:: Prisoners
Subject:: Ex-convicts
Subject:: General Fiction
Subject:: Science Fiction and Fantasy-Fantasy-Contemporary
Edition Description:: Audio
Series Volume:: no. 99-1309
Publication Date:: 20010619
Binding:: Audio cassette (analogue)
Grade Level:: General/trade
Language:: English
Dimensions:: 6.14x4.19x2.63 in. 1.15 lbs.
Media Run Time:: 080

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Humanities » Mythology » Folklore and Storytelling

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