Anansi Boys - Neil Gaiman

I loved this book.

If you're in a hurry then you need read no further, just go and buy Anansi Boys now and read it.

Okay, the difficult bit. Why did I like it? Well it's funny. It's touching. It's a great story that starts in one place spawns a few plot threads and then ties everything back up neatly (just like a Spider's web). It was not the slightest bit predictable. And it was a joy to read, the pleasure of reading the words got me confused, because I wanted to savour it and slow down, but I wanted to read it lots as well.

The story is Fantasy, not Science Fiction, but it's the kind of Fantasy that I like. It's contemporary Fantasy or non-epic fantasy or maybe Neil Gaiman fantasy. Yet like all the best novels it's rooted in today, with characters you can empathise with, characters that you can love or hate.

The edition that I have also has bonus features in the back, including a deleted scene and a few photocopied pages of Neil's notebook (which is fascinating).

All in all, wonderful.