Anansi Boys

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• "Anansi Boys"

  (Reviewed by Judi Clark OCT 30, 2005) "Stories are like spiders, with all they long legs, and stories are like spiderwebs, which man gets himself all tangled up in but which look so pretty when you see them under a leaf in the morning dew, and in the ... (read full critics)

  mostlyfiction published on Wed, 29 Sep 2010

• The Best Reviews: Neil Gaiman, Anansi Boys

  "Mr. Gaiman's fans will take immense delight in his latest wild thriller." The West African spider-trickster god Anansi in an incarnation as Mr. Nancy has died and was buried in Florida. He left behind an adult son Fat Charlie in England. Ironically ... (read full critics)

  thebestreviews published on Thu, 16 Sep 2010

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  A new twist on African Folklore

  I thought Gaiman's American Gods was a better story within the same vein. However, if you know a bit about African folklore or are interesting in it, this book has an "inventive" take on them and was entertaining.

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  CurlGirl said on Jul 29, 2007 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  Qué decir de este autor que no esté ya dicho, requetedicho y más bien manido. La trmaa es sugerente y seduce como la tela de araña, la insípida existencia de Gordo Charlie se ve trastocada debido al destino familiar al cual va ligada su propia vida. Si provienes de una familia tan atípica, no puedes ... (continue)

  Qué decir de este autor que no esté ya dicho, requetedicho y más bien manido. La trmaa es sugerente y seduce como la tela de araña, la insípida existencia de Gordo Charlie se ve trastocada debido al destino familiar al cual va ligada su propia vida. Si provienes de una familia tan atípica, no puedes pretender ser un ser normal. Su padre, Anansi, nada más y nada menos que el dios araña.
  Es cierto que hay otras obras suyas que me han gustado más, muchos de sus seguidores aférrimos tachan a esta obra de ser cansina y de que Gayman explota lo inexplotable, en cuanto que incluso es de peor calidad de lo que nos tiene acostumbrados, pero a mí me ha gustado quizás porque no he leído American Gods.

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  Leanan said on Jan 31, 2012 about the eBook edition | Add your feedback

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  Gods and mortals, mortals and Gods. How much longer can he write about the same things over and over?

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  Howtired said on May 23, 2011 | Add your feedback

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  Is a pleasant and amusing read. I may have rated it higher if I hadn’t previously read Gaiman’s American Gods, in which I was delighted by Gaiman’s blend of myth, magic and reality. I was somehow hoping for more of the same, but Anansi Boys fell short of his earlier work.

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  mlbleichwehl said on Mar 11, 2011 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

• Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman (2006)

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  Dyjasper said on Oct 30, 2010 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  Funny and entertaining as always from Gaiman. This one is a definite read!

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• ISBN-10: 0739470558
• ISBN-13: 9780739470558
• Pub date: Jan 01, 1995
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