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American Gods
The
boundaries
of
our
country
,
sir
?
Why
sir
,
on
the
north
we
are
bounded
by
the
Aurora
Borealis
,
on
the
east
we
are
bounded
by
the
rising
sun
,
on
the
south
we
are
bounded
by
the
procession
of
the
Equinoxes
,
and
on
the
west
by
the
day
of
judgement
.
-
The
American
Joe
Miller
’
s
Jest
Book
Shadow
had
done
three
years
in
prison
.
He
was
big
enough
and
looked
don
’
t
-
fuck
-
with
-
me
enough
that
his
biggest
problem
was
killing
time
.
So
he
kept
himself
in
shape
,
and
taught
himself
coin
tricks
,
and
thought
a
lot
about
how
much
he
loved
his
wife
.
The
best
thing
-
in
Shadow
’
s
opinion
,
perhaps
the
only
good
thing
-
about
being
in
prison
was
a
feeling
of
relief
.
The
feeling
that
he
’
d
plunged
as
low
as
he
could
plunge
and
he
’
d
hit
bottom
.
He
didn
’
t
worry
that
the
man
was
going
to
get
him
,
because
the
man
had
got
him
.
He
was
no
longer
scared
of
what
tomorrow
might
bring
,
because
yesterday
had
brought
it
.
It
did
not
matter
,
Shadow
decided
,
if
you
had
done
what
you
had
been
convicted
of
or
not
.
In
his
experience
everyone
he
met
in
prison
was
aggrieved
about
something
:
there
was
always
something
the
authorities
had
got
wrong
,
something
they
said
you
did
when
you
didn
’
t
-
or
you
didn
’
t
do
quite
like
they
said
you
did
.
What
was
important
was
that
they
had
gotten
you
.
He
had
noticed
it
in
the
first
few
days
,
when
everything
,
from
the
slang
to
the
bad
food
,
was
new
.
Despite
the
misery
and
the
utter
skin
-
crawling
horror
of
incarceration
,
he
was
breathing
relief
.
Shadow
tried
not
to
talk
too
much
.
Somewhere
around
the
middle
of
year
two
he
mentioned
his
theory
to
Low
Key
Lyesmith
,
his
cellmate
.
Low
Key
,
who
was
a
grifter
from
Minnesota
,
smiled
his
scarred
smile
.
"
Yeah
,
"
he
said
.
"
That
’
s
true
.
It
’
s
even
better
when
you
’
ve
been
sentenced
to
death
.
That
’
s
when
you
remember
the
jokes
about
the
guys
who
kicked
their
boots
off
as
the
noose
flipped
around
their
necks
,
because
their
friends
always
told
them
they
’
d
die
with
their
boots
on
.
"
"
Is
that
a
joke
?
"
asked
Shadow
.
"
Damn
right
.
Gallows
humor
.
Best
kind
there
is
.
"
