What kind of a creature is Anansi and what is he like? What are the magic words that send the speaker to sleep? ('Isn't this a strange, moss-covered rock!'). Who does Anansi trick and what does he ...

Anansi is a mischievous spider who appears in traditional stories from Africa and the Caribbean. In this story Anansi tricks his friends into falling asleep on a magical moss-covered rock.

Anansi Boys could have gone meta and made a statement with her and Charlie lashing out at Spider's gaslighting and use of his power to entrap her. The story would have shown that it wanted to veer ...