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Anansi boys, Neil Gaiman

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Anansi boys

Neil Gaiman

When Fat Charlie's dad named something, it stuck. Like calling Fat Charlie "Fat Charlie." Even now, 20 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. Because 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. And all of a sudden, things start getting very interesting for Fat Charlie. Exciting, scary, and deeply funny, Anansi Boys is a kaleidoscopic journey deep into myth, a wild adventure, as Neil Gaiman shows us where gods come from, and how to survive your family

Chapter I: Which is mostly about names and family relationships -- Chapter 2: Which is mostly about the things that happen after funerals -- Chapter 3: In which there is a family reunion -- Chapter 4: Which concludes with an evening of wine, women and song -- Chapter 5: In which we examine the many consequences of the morning after -- Chapter 6: In which Fat Charlie fails to get home, even by taxi -- Chapter 7: In which Fat Charlie goes a long way -- Chapter 8: In which a pot of coffee comes in particularly useful -- Chapter 9: In which Fat Charlie answers the door and spider encounters flamingos -- Chapter 10: In which Fat Charlie sees the world and Maeve Livingstone is dissatisfied -- Chapter 11: In which Rosie learns to say not to strangers and Fat Charlie acquires a lime -- Chapter 12: In which Fat Charlie does several things for the first time -- Chapter 13: Which proves to be unlucky for some -- Chapter 14: Which comes to several conclusions