At his best, Gaiman has a deft touch for surprise and inventiveness, and there are inspired moments, including one story that brings the months of the year to life and imagines them having a board meeting.
A few poems, heartfelt or playfully musical, pockmark the collection. Among the ground covered: an old woman eats her cat alive, slowly two teenage boys fumble through a house party attended by preternaturally attractive aliens a raven convinces a writer attempting realism to give way to fantastical inclinations. , Gaiman offers this largely disappointing medley that feels like a collection of idea seeds that have yet to mature. Hot off the critical success of Anansi Boys
0 kommentar(er)
