Neil Gaiman''s Anansi Boys binds myth
and modern life into a delightful story. Anansi is the
King of Stories
and a minor god, who stole all the stories from Tiger when the world
was created. In this book, after Anansi''s death, Anansi''s son Charlie
Anansi, who has been named
Fat Charlie by his father, finds out that he
has a brother.
One night after a lot of drinking, Fat Charlie picks up a garden
spider and tells it that he wants to talk to his brother. All hell slowly
breaks lose and Fat Charlie''s life starts to break around the edges
when his brother Spider walks into his house and into his life. Spider
woos his brother''s fiance Rosie and finds a scam at Fat Charlie''s
workplace, a scam run by his boss! Now, Charlie''s job is in jeopardy
along with his love life as his fiance starts to fall in love Spider,
who tricks her into believing that he is Fat Charlie.
And now Fat Charlie wants his brother out of his life, this is where
the book takes a darker tone as occult and witchcraft take Charlie to
strange worlds where
things are not what they seem to be.
Will Charlie get rid of his brother? Or more importantly will his
brother agree to leave his life? What happens to the boss who is
running the scam?
Like a spider weaving an intricate web, Neil Gaiman brings all the
stories to a culmination where the reader can only smile at his writing
prowess and his genius. Myth, magic and an easy sense of storytelling
all come together in this artfully written book. No wonder master
storyteller Stephen King has called Gaiman''s talent ''a gift'' to our
world.
Those interested can also explore Neil Gaiman''s other works, which
include, but are not limited to, American Gods, Stardust, Fragile Thing
and Neverwhere.
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