Just finished, more on this later. Anansi Boys is much like Gaimans earlier work American Gods, the Gods walk the earth in this urban fantasy. What differs is the lighter nature of Anansi Boys, it’s more fluid and better written.

It bogs down a bit toward the middle when everything gets unrelentingly bad but, unlike previous Gaiman novels, ends really strongly. It ties everything up well instead of leaving things open for a sequal - which seems in vogue right now.

Get American Gods, then get this, it’s worth reading.

Hardback & Softback;

Fat Charlie Nancy is not actually fat. He was fat once but he is definitely not fat now. No, right now Fat Charlie Nancy is angry, confused and more than a little scared - right now his life is spinning out of control, and it is all his dad’s fault. If his rotter of an estranged father hadn’t dropped dead at a karaoke night, Charlie would still be blissfully unaware that his dad was Anansi, the spider god. He would have no idea that he has a brother called Spider, who is also a god. And there would be no chance that said brother would be trying to take over his life, flat and fiancee, or, to make matters worse, be doing a much better job of it than him. Desperate to reclaim his life, Charlie enlists the help of four more-than-slightly eccentric old ladies and their unique brand of voodoo - and between them they unleash a bitter and twisted force to get rid of Spider. But as darkness descends and badness begins, is Fat Charlie Nancy going to get his life back in one piece or is he about to enter a whole netherworld of pain?

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