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has transcended its cult classic status to become a worldwide phenomenon

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After the Russians invade and the family is forced to flee to America

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only as much for despair as they are for the light scattered within it

American Gods: The Author's Preferred Text Penguin USA has transcended its cult classicAlternate cover edition of American Gods. Days before his release from prison, Shadow's wife, Laura, dies in a mysterious car crash. Numbly, he makes his way back home. On the plane, he encounters the enigmatic 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 profoundly strange journey across the heart of the USA, whilst all around them a storm of preternatural and epic