American GodsBy Neil Gaiman
W. Morrow, 2001. 465 pgs. Science Fiction
The main character, "Shadow", has just been paroled from prison and his heading home to a new job, when a "Mr. Wednesday" attempts to recruit him as a personal assistant/bodyguard. Shadow declines. When the job dematerializes and Wednesday pops up again, Shadow hires on and they set off on a bizarre road trip through the mid-western United States.
Shadow learns that "Mr. Wednesday" believes he is the Norse god Odin. Wednesday travels about warning "old" gods that there is a "storm" coming—a confrontation of the "old" gods with the "new" gods. As the storm is brewing and Wednesday tracks out "old" gods and recruits them, it becomes increasingly clear that Mr. Wednesday really is the Odin of Norse mythology and that Shadow will play some integral part in what is to come.
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1 comment:
While I love reading Gaiman and American Gods is one of my favorites, readers should be aware it gets pretty graphic (sexual) and sex is a main theme in the book.
That being said, it is a great work of literature and one heck of a good read.
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