The blurb on the back tells us a little bit more: 'Fat Charlie Nancy is not havinga good week. His estranged father recently dropped dead on a karaoke stage and has left Fat Charlie with much more than embarrassment. Because, you see, Charlie has discovered that his dad wasn't just any dad. He was Anansi the trickster spider-god. Anansi is the spirit of rebellion, able to overturn the social order, create wealth out of thin air, and even baffle the devil. No wonder Fat Charlie's life is about to be turned upside down.'
Another book that I couldn't wait to get back to whenever I wasn't reading it. There are laugh out loud moments, there are forehead wrinkling moments and there are a few of those "OH!" moments when something unexpected happens.
But in the end it turns out to be a most excellent piece of writing, the way the various strands of the story all come together is brilliant and at the end I wanted to read it again because I couldn't believe that it was over.
At the back of my copy there is an interview with the author where he mentions that he thinks that Douglas Adams (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency) was a genius. I think he is rather a genius himself but he's too self effacing to admit it.
Comes highly recommended by me.
3 comments:
You also don't get many authors boasting they are geniuses. Except for Salvador Dalí, of course.
Methinks your blog may turn into a giant "to read" list btw.
I thought it was brilliant though I am a massive Gaiman fanboy.
Have you read "Neverwhere" which is for my money his best novel....
That's the second recommendation for me to read Neverwhere so I think I must get it.
That's a fair point about people not calling themselves a Genius.
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