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American gods and anansi boys are standalone novels set in the same universe. This book is the 1770th greatest fiction book of all time as determined by. I liked to listen to the audio book because of the speaker and the great story. The main reason i first audio bingeread neil gaimans novels, as opposed to starting with pratchett, lovecraft, or dick, was that gaiman narrated most of his books and those narrations were available at the local library tldr. He is listed in the dictionary of literary biography as one of the top ten living postmodern writers, and is a prolific creator of works of prose. American gods, the extraordinary, highly acclaimed epic novel from storytelling genius and international bestseller neil gaiman, was brought vividly to life this year in the hottest major tv show of 2017, and amazon prime video series starring ricky whittle, ian mcshane, emily browning and gillian anderson. American gods 2001 is a fantasy novel by british author neil gaiman. Possibly gaiman s most lyrical, scary and beautiful work yet. Disturbing, gripping and profoundly strange, neil gaimans epic new novel sees. It gained a positive critical response and won the hugo and nebula.
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Full cast production by neil gaiman, a full cast, dennis boutsikaris. Among his numerous literary awards are the newbery and carnegie medals, and the hugo, nebula, world fantasy, and will eisner awards. Audio book, american gods the tenth anniversary edition a full cast production by neil gaiman audio books. Now he turns his attention back to the source, presenting a bravura rendition of the great northern tales. Shadow dreamed of nothing but leaving prison and starting a new life. He is the author of numerous new york times bestselling novelsincluding neverwhere, stardust, american gods and coralineas well as the sandman series of graphic novels. American gods mp3 cd audiobook, mp3 audio, unabridged.