Illustrated by Dave McKean
Introduced by Dave McKean
Afterword by Neil Gaiman
Introduction to this Text by Neil Gaiman
With illustrations by celebrated artist Dave McKean, this is the ultimate collector’s edition of a modern fantasy classic.
‘Gods die. And when they truly die they are unmourned and unremembered. Ideas are more difficult to kill than people, but they can be killed, in the end’
- from American Gods
Just before his release from prison, Shadow learns that his wife has been killed in a car accident. Aimless and in shock, he meets Mr Wednesday, a hustler and con man with a number of peculiar friends. After accepting a job as Wednesday’s bodyguard and driver, Shadow finds himself on a road trip across the haunted landscape of America and, along with his shady boss, is soon embroiled in a conflict that could destroy them all: a war between the old gods and the new.
‘Original, engrossing, and endlessly inventive, a picaresque journey across America where the travelers are even stranger than the roadside attractions’
- George R. R. Martin
American Gods is a sweeping exploration of story, myth and the shifting nature of belief itself. According to Mr Wednesday, gods travelled to the new world with their immigrant worshippers only to flounder in a land both too strange and too modern to nurture them.
Although the story is rooted in the familiar – American Gods gives us Egyptian deities who run funeral parlours, and gods who drive cabs to make a living – it tears back the veil to reveal the pulsing supernatural heart of America. Crammed with unconventional yet wholly engaging characters, this story of coin tricks, cons and misdirection is considered a masterpiece.
Bound in blocked cloth
Set in Maxime
560 pages
Frontispiece and 11 colour illustrations, including 3 double-page spreads
Pictorial slipcase
10˝ x 6¾˝
A beautiful edition.
Review by Giuseppe on 11th March 2025
Exquisite.
Review by Carolyn Belk on 2nd November 2024
Absolutely beautiful book that will be the centerpiece of my bookcase for years to come. Stunning high quality illustrations and you can really feel the quality in the pages. Worth every penny
Review by Fraser on 2nd May 2024
Great books deserve great design which this edition demonstrates in abundance
Review by Kay Chapman on 25th April 2024
A excellent story beautifully packaged. The art was not my cup of tea but that's pretty subjective.
Review by Phillip Sawyer on 10th April 2024
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