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Fat Charlie lives a very dull life in London. He has a dull job, his relationship with his financee is dull, and he seems to be satisfied to live without drawing attention to himself in any way. That was the way that his father lived--in the limelight and star of every show. Then Fat Charlie finds out that his father has died--dropped dead while singing karaoke--and he travels to the United States for his funeral. There his life begins to spin out of control. He finds out that his father was Ana
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Fat Charlie Nancy has always been ashamed of his dad. When his dad dies Charlie discovers his dad was the god Anansi and that he has a brother, Spider, he doesn't remember. Charlie invites Spider for a visit and Spider causes trouble with Charlie's job and his fiancé Rosie. The book starts a bit slow and Charlie is rather annoying at the beginning of the book. Charlie grows and improves his character and the story definitely got more interesting as it went along.
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A fun book to read. Gaiman is great at quirky characters. The dialogue is simple in this one, but the story itself is full of twists and turns that are easy to follow.
Interesting and entertaining read but no where as good as American Gods.
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