Anansi Boys

We first mey Anansi the Spider god, owner of all the world's tales, in the much darker American Gods.Here,after he purportedly dies his son Fat Charlie the shy bumbling ineffectual office worker is surprised to find he has a brother Spider, who is his opposite in every way. Spider moves into his life and takes it over, including his girlfriend, and desperately Charlie has to ask for help from magical beings to get his life back.

Once again Gaiman is affiming the significance and importance of song and story in the world, but on a much lighter even humorous level. I found this a fun and engaging read, not as dark as most of Gaiman's stuff, but funny and charming. It lightened the dull darkstormy winter days for me.