Anansi Boys

Fülszöveg

god is dead meet the kids
Fat Charlie Nancy is not having a good w^eek. His estranged father recently dropped dead on a karaoke stage and has left Fat Charlie with much more than just embarrassment. Because, you see, Charlie has discovered that his dad w^asn'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.
Written by one of fiction's most audaciously original talents, ANANSI BOYS is a kaleidoscopic journey deep into myth that is at once startling, terrifying, exhilarating, and fiercely funny.
'Anansi is as charming and dangerous as he ought to be A thoughtful, atmospheric novel'
the Times
'Immensely entertaining combines the anarchy of Douglas Adams with a Wodehousian generosity of spirit'
Susanna Clarke
'Exhilarating and terrifying'
independent
'Neil Gaiman is a very good... Tovább

Fülszöveg

god is dead meet the kids
Fat Charlie Nancy is not having a good w^eek. His estranged father recently dropped dead on a karaoke stage and has left Fat Charlie with much more than just embarrassment. Because, you see, Charlie has discovered that his dad w^asn'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.
Written by one of fiction's most audaciously original talents, ANANSI BOYS is a kaleidoscopic journey deep into myth that is at once startling, terrifying, exhilarating, and fiercely funny.
'Anansi is as charming and dangerous as he ought to be A thoughtful, atmospheric novel'
the Times
'Immensely entertaining combines the anarchy of Douglas Adams with a Wodehousian generosity of spirit'
Susanna Clarke
'Exhilarating and terrifying'
independent
'Neil Gaiman is a very good writer indeed, and this is a very funny bedtime story'
Daily Telegraph
'ANANSI BOYS draws the reader, ever more wide-eyed and amazed, into a world both feather-light and chockablock with mortal danger'
Peter Straub
'Thoughtful, wise, spiritually challenging and incredibly funny it's a treasure, every word'
Manda Scott
'Urbane and s^histicated'
time nltt
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