{"product_id":"american-gods-9780063081918","title":"American Gods","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author Neil Gaiman, a contemporary masterpiece combing mythology, adventure, and illusion―one of ten classic Gaiman works repackaged with elegant original watercolor art by acclaimed artist Henry Sene Yee\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReleased from prison, Shadow finds his world turned upside down. His wife has been killed; a stranger offers him a job and Shadow, with nothing to lose, accepts. But a storm is coming. Beneath the placid surface of everyday life, a war is being fought - and the prize is the very soul of America.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn inspired combination of mythology, adventure, and illusion, \u003cem\u003eAmerican Gods\u003c\/em\u003e is a dark and kaleidoscopic journey deep into myth and across an America at once eerily familiar and utterly alien. It is, quite simply, a contemporary masterpiece.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Piercingly observed, jaggedly poetic, ruthlessly cutting a path through graveyards of dead stars and dead money and dead feelings, this novel is the map back to dawn.\" -- \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSteve Erickson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eAmerican Gods\u003c\/em\u003e manages to reinvent, and reassert, the enduring importance of fantastic literature itself in this late age of the world. Dark fun, and nourishing to the soul.\" -- \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichael Chabon\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGaiman, Neil:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNeil Gaiman\u003c\/strong\u003e is the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling and multi-award winning author and creator of many beloved books, graphic novels, short stories, film, television and theatre for all ages. He is the recipient of the Newbery and Carnegie Medals, and many Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, and Will Eisner Awards. Neil has adapted many of his works to television series, including \u003cem\u003eGood Omens\u003c\/em\u003e (co-written with Terry Pratchett) and \u003cem\u003eThe Sandman\u003c\/em\u003e. He is a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency UNHCR and Professor in the Arts at Bard College. For a lot more about his work, please visit: https: \/\/www.neilgaiman.com\/\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50575504212242,"sku":"9780063081918","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_87e80757-3732-46ce-bf4b-abf0369be4b4.jpg?v=1748510273","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/american-gods-9780063081918","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}