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Stephen
Aug 15, 2008 rated it really liked it
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4.0 to 4.5 stars. Another superb story by one of my favorite authors. While not a sequel to his superb American Gods, it shares the title character with that book along with some references to his adventures in that story. While those references add to the richness of the tale, there is no necessity of reading American God first (except for the obvious one that it is one of the best books ever).

Anyway, this story center around Charles "Fat Charlie" Nancy, a timid, passive man from London whose ...more
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Stacy
Oct 24, 2008 rated it it was amazing
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Follow-up to American Gods. Lighter and funnier.
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Susanne
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Liz
Dec 19, 2010 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
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