Read: Anansi Boys

To my surprise, I didn't encounter Neil Gaiman on the graphic novel, Sandman, first.
I actually read a novel called Good Omens (written with Terry Pratchett) back in '95.
It's a humorous and fun novel and I enjoyed it greatly.

I bought Anansi Boys around June of '06 and never start reading it until July of '07.
I think it's one of those bad habits we called, buy in sales period and use later.
Normally certain things will be, like losing value over time, and stocking up is pretty much a good waste of money as as well as space.
This nature however aren't applied to books (unless it's like the overhyped last volume of HariKoptar which the price of anticipation to find out what happen, outweights the value of enjoyment of the book itself).

Anansi Boys tells about a British everyman with an extraordinary father who had an acute sense of humour.
After his father passed away, Charlie Nancy was told Nancy Senior is Anansi.
Anansi, the Spider/God who owns all the stories.
Anansi, a trickster God.
He was also told of a Brother, one of whom he never met or recollected as of having.
A brother who had the gifts of his father's magic.
In a moment of probable folliness, Charlie summoned his brother.
Then his world starts to fall out of place, in more ways he expected.

Anansi Boy is humorous and delightful read. A piece of well woven fiction that took place in the contemporary world. Recommended for anyone who is getting post-Harikoptar blues.

P.S. I probably will be getting American Gods (or Good Omen) tomorrow since Kino is having a 20% off.