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His past marked by his father's embarrassing taunts and untimely death, Fat Charlie meets the brother he never knew and is introduced to new and exciting ways to spend his time. By the author of American Gods.
 
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Man, those gods can hold a grudge...

Date of Review:  Oct 31, 2005
The Bottom Line: The bottom line has a long lost brother too!
Review: I was so excited to see Neil Gaiman's Anansi Boys on the list of available books, because I've always been a big fan. Gaiman's prose always makes me want to write. I don't mean this in the "I could have done better than that" way, but instead Gaiman...
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  5.0

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Recommended to buy: Yes

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Wonderful prose, characters, pretty...
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a couple of the coincidences, a couple...
 

Neil Gaiman's Anansi Boys shares a great fantasy

Date of Review:  Oct 7, 2006
The Bottom Line: You've never read anything like this, I assure you.
Review: Fat Charlie Nancy was a grown man stuck with a boy s nickname that never lifted. When word of his eccentric father s demise gets back to him, Charlie must travel to Florida to settle the estate. It is there that he not only learns that he had a...
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Recommended to buy: Yes

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Great characters, highly original
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Takes a while to get started
 

Singing Anansi Stories...

Date of Review:  Dec 12, 2005
The Bottom Line: This is Gaiman at his best. If you like him, you'll love this. This story is a trickster myth; don't expect it to appeal to the rational.
Review: Anansi is an African trickster god that was also transplanted among the Caribbean islands, even making it into American folk stories where he was metamorphosed into the B'rer Rabbit tales. In fact, we are assured by the author, all stories are...
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Fun dialogue and prose, humorous...
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Plot not strong - character driven
 
 
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Authors Neil Gaiman
Narrator Lenny Henry
Fiction Genre Family & Relationships
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  Newsweek: "[M]anages to be both really scary and really funny at the same time."

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Publisher: Findaway World Llc (November 01, 2005)
ISBN: 9781598950434

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  It begins, as most things begin, with a song.
 
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Charlies dad wasn t just any dad. He was Anansi, a trickster god, the spirit of rebellion able to overturn the social order, create wealth out of thin air, and baffle the devil. When he dies on a karaoke stage, things get very interesting for Charlie.
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