Posted by kitaplog

It is difficult to give up on writing about Neil Gaiman’s books. This is also another of his books probably the second one I have read: Anansi Boys.  I also realize that I have yet to write about this books in Turkish, well I will do it in later time.

Anansi Boys are also about old gods but not in a way that Gaiman’s book “American Gods” does. It’s mostly about Charles Nancy who is actually named by his father as “Fat Charlie” and his father being a god the name sticks. He complains about it all his life and most in the book and it is kind of funny considering that he is not fat at all.

In a way Fat Charlie (opps it sticks to my writing as well) same as Shadow of American Gods; they both are clueless about what’s really going on around them (in reference to the story of the book). He also has a brother who is completely different and opposite of him, Spider. Fat Charlie being a shy, less talkative and normal person learns about his father’s death and goes back to America (because he lives in England) to take care about the things that are need to be done about the funeral. On the other hand, the outgoing, cool brother Spider decides to live with Charlie and the fun starts. I also should add that (even I recognised it much later) the book’s heroes (the Anansi Boys) are actually black people (or maybe I should say African-American to be more politically correct) and Gaiman does not mention it in the book not even once but you understand it anyway.

The book is cool. When you think about it all of Gaiman’s books are cool, so this one is no different and me mentioning it is kind of lame. But his way of telling the story, his perceptions about normal people that live normal lives and the smart way he puts them into his books including this one is amazing. As a reader you start to realize this as soon as the book starts and you can always get the feeling that this might actually be true even you know that it is a fiction and a production of of a great mind. I believe this is also one of the reasons that I like most about Neil Gaiman and his work. He can easily convice you with his words and/or his drawings (he is also the creator of infamous Sandman series) and he does it so good.

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