Anansi Boys


If his rotter of an estranged father hadn't dropped dead at a karaoke night,
Charlie would still be blissfully unaware that his dad was Anansi the spider
god. He would have no idea that he has a brother called Spider, who is also a
god. And there would be no chance that said brother would be trying to take over
his life, flat and fiancée, or, to make matters worse, be doing a much better
job of it than him. Desperate to reclaim his life, Charlie enlists the help of
four more-than-slightly eccentric old ladies and their unique brand of voodoo -
and between them they unleash a bitter and twisted force to get rid of Spider.
But as darkness descends and badness begins is Fat Charlie Nancy going to get
his life back in one piece or is he about to enter a whole netherworld of pain?

American Gods


After three years in prison, Shadow has done his time. But as the time until his release ticks away, he can feel a storm brewing. Two days before he gets out, his wife Laura dies in a car crash, in adulterous circumstances. Dazed, Shadow travels home, only to encounter the bizarre Mr Wednesday claiming to be a refugee from a distant war.Amazon.co.uk ReviewWithin just a few pages of Neil Gaiman's novel American Gods, he commandingly reveals that he is at his considerable best with this dis