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Now a STARZ® Original Series produced by FremantleMedia North America starring Ricky Whittle, Ian McShane, Emily Browning, and Pablo Schreiber.
Locked behind bars for three years, Shadow did his time, quietly waiting for the 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.
But 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 a rogue, Wednesday seems to know more about Shadow than Shadow does himself.
Life as Wednesday’s bodyguard, driver, and errand boy is far more interesting and dangerous than Shadow ever imagined. Soon Shadow learns that the past never dies . . . and 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.
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"The first Neil Gaiman book I ever read was perhaps his most challenging. American Gods is a fantastic piece. I've found it also to be a slight departure from Gaiman's typical work. Darkly funny, frightening, yes - pure Neil in that respect, but also philosophically much deeper than the rest of his work. I loved this book as I've loved all the Neil Gaiman books/stories/articles I've read afterwards. American Gods, as my introduction to Neil's amazing storytelling genius, will always be my favorite."
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Catherine (4 out of 5 stars)
About Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman is the author of several #1 New York Times bestsellers, including Norse Mythogy, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, and Anansi Boys, and others, as well as the Sandman series of graphic novels. His fiction has received Newbery, Carnegie, Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, and Will Eisner awards. His novel American Gods aired as a TV series in 2017. Originally from England, he lives in the United States, where he is a professor at Bard College.
About the Narrators
Daniel
Oreskes is a narrator as well as a film, television, and stage actor. He has earned
two AudioFile Earphones Awards for his narrations and has twice been a finalist
for the Audie Award, including for 2012 Audiobook of the Year. His several film
roles include The Thomas Crown Affair and
Day Zero, and his many television
credits include episodes of Law & Order. He has acted on Broadway
in Electra and Aida and in the off-Broadway Arthur Miller play Mr. Peters’ Connections with Peter Falk,
as well as in numerous Shakespeare performances. A native New Yorker, he
trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
Dennis Boutsikaris is a two-time OBIE award winner. He has received five Audie Awards and seven Golden Earphone Awards for his work in over 100 audiobooks and was voted one of the Best Voices of the Year by AudioFile magazine. He has appeared in numerous Broadway, television, and film roles. He played Mozart on Broadway in Amadeus and has appeared on television shows including Shameless, The Good Wife, House M.D., Grey’s Anatomy, ER, and Law & Order.
Ron McLarty is a veteran actor of television, film, and stage as well as an award-winning audiobook narrator. He has more than 100 television appearances to his credit, including as a series regular on Spencer for Hire and Law & Order. His film career began in 1977 with a performance in The Sentinel and continued with such films as The Postman, Flamingo Kid, and, most recently, How Do You Know? His stage credits include Broadway and other productions. He has narrated more than 100 audiobooks, earning nine Earphones Awards and recognition by AudioFile magazine as a Best Voice in Mystery & Suspense in 2009 and 2010. He has twice been a finalist for the prestigious Audie Awards and then won the award in 2001 for Best Mystery Narration. He is also an accomplished playwright and an acclaimed novelist.
Sarah
Jones is a Tony- and Obie Award-winning playwright, actor, and poet. Her
multicharacter solo shows, including the Tony Award-winning Bridge and Tunnel, which was originally
produced Off-Broadway by Oscar winner Meryl Streep before its Broadway run,
have garnered critical acclaim from around the country and the world. She has
had sold-out runs at the Kennedy Center and Berkeley Repertory Theatre and
performed for such audiences as the United Nations, members of the U.S.
Congress, and the Supreme Court of Nepal. Her other theater honors include a
Helen Hayes Award, a Theatre World Special Award, and HBO’s US Comedy Arts
Festival’s Best One Person Show Award. Her television and film credits include Spike
Lee’s Bamboozled and the documentary Good Hair. As a narrator, she was among
the cast for American Gods: The Tenth
Anniversary Edition by Neil Gaiman, which was a finalist for the
prestigious Audie Award in 2012 in two categories, Fiction and Audiobook of the
Year Award. A regular guest on public radio, she has also made TV appearances
on HBO, NBC, ABC, CBS, PBS, and CNN and in her own special, The Sarah Jones Show, on Bravo. She
lives in New York.
George Guidall, winner of more than eighty AudioFile Earphones Awards, has won three of the prestigious Audie Award for Excellence in Audiobook Narration. In 2014 the Audio Publishers Association presented him with the Special Achievement Award for lifetime achievement/ During his thirty-year recording career he has recorded over 1,700 audiobooks, won multiple awards, been a mentor to many narrators, and shown by example the potential of fine storytelling. His forty-year acting career includes starring roles on Broadway, an Obie Award for best performance off Broadway, and frequent television appearances.