Anansi Boys
by Neil Gaiman
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Author: Neil GaimanReader: Lenny Henry
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Format: Audiobook, Unabridged
Published: 2005-09-01
ISBN: 0060823844
Publisher: HarperAudio
Book Reviews of Anansi Boys
Book Review: A good read, but not quite as great as Neverwhere
Summary: 4 Stars
I read Neverwhere before digging into Anansi Brothers. The two books have different settings, but reside firmly within the realm of fantasy. The story is beguiling, especially in the beginning, but flags toward the end of the novel. I think the pacing is a tad slow toward the middle of the book, and some descriptions of characters feel repetative. However, Gaiman does masterfully tie together all the tails woven throughout the story in the end. Neverwhere is a better story, but Anansi Brothers isn't bad.
Summary of Anansi Boys
God is dead. Meet the kids.
When Fat Charlie's dad named something, it stuck. Like calling Fat Charlie "Fat Charlie." Even now, twenty years later, Charlie Nancy can't shake that name, one of the many embarrassing "gifts" his father bestowed -- before he dropped dead on a karaoke stage and ruined Fat Charlie's life.
Mr. Nancy left Fat Charlie things. Things like the tall, good-looking stranger who appears on Charlie's doorstep, who appears to be the brother he never knew. A brother as different from Charlie as night is from day, a brother who's going to show Charlie how to lighten up and have a little fun ... just like Dear Old Dad. And all of a sudden, life starts getting very interesting for Fat Charlie.
Because, you see, Charlie's dad wasn't just any dad. He was Anansi, a trickster god, the spider-god. Anansi is the spirit of rebellion, able to overturn the social order, create wealth out of thin air, and baffle the devil. Some said he could cheat even Death himself.
Returning to the territory he so brilliantly explored in his masterful New York Times bestseller American Gods, the incomparable Neil Gaiman offers up a work of dazzling ingenuity, a kaleidoscopic journey deep into myth that is at once startling, terrifying, exhilarating, and fiercely funny -- a true wonder of a novel that confirms Stephen King's glowing assessment of the author as "a treasure house of story, and we are lucky to have him."
Performed by Lenny Henry
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