Neil Gaiman

   The extraordinary epic novel from storytelling genius and international bestseller Neil Gaiman. Now brought vividly to life for TV in the highly acclaimed, Emmy-nominated Amazon Prime video seriesstarring Ricky Whittle, Ian McShane and Emily Browning. For fans of Good Omens and His Dark Materials. 'Gaiman is a treasure-house of story and we are lucky to have him' Stephen King After three years in prison, Shadow has served his time. But as the days and hours until his release tick away, he can feel a storm brewing. Two days before his release date, his wife Laura dies in a mysterious car crash, in adulterous circumstances. Dazed, Shadow travels home, only to encounter the bizarre Mr Wednesday, who claims to be a refugee from a distant war, a former god and the king of America. Together they embark on a very strange journey across the States, along the way solving the murders which have occurred every winter in one small American town. But the storm is about to break . . . Disturbing, gripping and profoundly strange, Gaiman's epic novel sees him on the road to the heart of America.

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American Gods

Draculelle

“What I say is, a town isn't a town without a bookstore. It may call itself a town, but unless it's got a bookstore, it knows it's not fooling a soul."

High Fidelity

Then I started reading history books, and Jesus isn't real. And it's like everything that made the world anything more than what it is is just-- is just stories.

Jordan

The people had the glazed, beaten look you only see in airports and prisons. If Hell is other people, thought Shadow, then Purgatory is airports. 

Annabelle Gauthier

Because it's easier to pass for real, in the dark. And I don't want to have to pass. I want to be alive."

"I’ll do it." said Shadow. "No," said Mr. Nancy. "Yes," said Shadow. The two old men were silent. Then Nancy said, "Why?" "Because it's the kind of thing a living person would do," said Shadow. You are crazy" said Czernobog.

They drove on in silence. Shadow felt that he'd done something very big and very strange, and he wasn't certain exactly what it was.

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He felt like two people, or more than two. There was part of him that felt gently exhilarated: he had done something. He had moved. It wouldn't have mattered if he hadn't wanted to live, but he did want to live, and that made all the difference. He hoped he would live through this, but he was willing to die, if that was what it took to be alive.

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