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Zusatztext An imaginative fantasy. Informationen zum Autor Neil Gaiman is the No.1 Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling writer of books, graphic novels, short stories, film and television for all ages, and is known for creating extraordinary worlds beyond imagination. He has been awarded numerous literary honours and many of his books have been made into films and adapted for TV and radio. In recent years, Neil wrote and was the showrunner for a critically acclaimed television adaptation of Good Omens , the seminal novel he co-authored with the late Sir Terry Pratchett. He has also written two episodes of Doctor Who and appeared in The Simpsons as himself. In 2017, Neil became a Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. He received a Doctor of Letters from the University of St Andrews, is a Professor in the Arts at Bard College and is a Royal Society of Literature fellow. Born in the UK, Neil now mostly lives in America, and travels all around the world every year appearing at festivals, events and conventions. Klappentext After three years in prison! Shadow has done his time. But as the days! then the hours! then the seconds until his release tick away! he can feel a storm brewing. Two days before he gets out! his wife Laura dies in a mysterious car crash! in apparently adulterous circumstances. Dazed! Shadow travels home! only to encounter the bizarre Mr Wednesday claiming 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 they are being followed by someone with whom Shadow must make his peace ... Disturbing! gripping and profoundly strange! Gaiman's epic new novel sees him on the road to the heart of America. The extraordinary, highly acclaimed novel from storytelling genius Neil Gaiman Zusammenfassung The extraordinary, highly acclaimed novel from storytelling genius Neil Gaiman...
