"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 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 proportions threatens to break.
Scary, gripping and deeply usettling, AMERICAN GODS takes a long, hard look into the soul of America. You'll be surprised by what-and who-it finds there..."

I didn't read it, although I tried. I don't want to keep it any longer that's why I'll let it continue its journey on Uunday the 8th during our next meet up...