Book description
Fat Charlie Nancy is not actually fat. He was fat once but he is
definitely not fat now. No, right now Fat Charlie Nancy is angry,
confused and more than a little scared - right now his life is spinning
out of control, and it is all his dad's fault. 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? Mixing
farce and fantasy, epic mythology and domestic drama, Gaiman's novel is
a clever piece of storytelling and a celebration of the magic of
make-believe.' Neil Gaiman has spent his adult life making things up
and writing them down. He lives more in America than he does anywhere
else. He has written books and films and children`s books and
television. He has a blog over at www. neilgaiman. com. He`s won more
than his fair share of literary awards, was voted twenty-first equal on
a recent poll of Great British Authors, and has no idea where he put his
keys.
