It was, he knew, irrationally, because his father had given him the nickname, and when his father gave things names, they stuck.
"If you see my brother," said Fat Charlie to the spider, "tell him he ought to come by and say hello."
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Everybody going to be dead one day, just give them time. Still. I never thought it would happen to your daddy.
"I was never what you would call close to my father," said Fat Charlie. "I suppose we didn't really know how."
You may be all these things, Tiger, but so what? All the stories there ever were are Anansi's. Nobody tells Tiger stories.
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My fav quote
How do you take your coffee? Dark as night, sweet as sin.
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"Well, it's true. He was crap. A rotten husband and a rotten father." "Of course he was!" said Mrs Higgler fiercely, "But you can't judge him like you would judge a man. You got to remember, Fat Charlie, that your father was a god."
Huuuuugeee foreshadowing
Starfish, said his father, musing. When you cut one in half, they just grow into two new starfish.
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You couldn't hate him. And the way he look at her-damn, if he did ever look at me like that I could have died happy.
546 syf.
8/10 puan verdi
4/5 Stars (%83/100) Since I planned to use the book for my thesis, the most important thing for me was its usefulness. Indeed, I found most of the chapters in the book useful and relevant to my argument, especially regarding American Gods and Anansi Boys. However, this is a very long book compared to other anthologies about Gaiman. This is why I felt lost from time to time and would have preferred if some parts were shorter. Also, there were some chapters that were not useful to me. Overall, I liked the book and would recommend it to people who plan to study or research Gaiman. There are, arguably, better books to be familiar with Gaiman's style and works. This one is not for everyone.
Prince of Stories
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Singing to Mermaids
-"He reminds me of you," she said to Charlie, "when you were a little boy." +"You knew me then?" -She smiled. "You and your father used to walk down the beach, back then. Your father," said. "He was quite some gentleman," she sighed.
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It's not something you think about, when my dad starts to work you over. He's the finest liar you'll ever meet. He's convincing.
"I am Charlie," he sang. "I am Anansi's son. Listen as I sing my song. Listen to my life."
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....when anyone asked him who he was, he would say "I'm Fat Charlie Nancy," and he'd say it in his god-voice, which would make whatever he said practically true.
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Fat Charlie was not entirely sure how to greet a potentially imaginary brother he had not previously believed in. So they stood there, one on one side of the door, one on the other, until his brother said, "You can call me Spider. You going to invite me in?"
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