Anansi Boys
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In this #1 New York Times bestseller, Neil Gaiman returns to the territory of his masterpiece, American Gods to once again probe the dark recesses of the soul.
God is dead. Meet the kids.
Fat Charlie Nancy's normal life ended the moment his father dropped dead on a Florida karaoke stage. Charlie didn't know his dad was a god. And he never knew he had a brother. Now brother Spider is on his doorstep—about to make Fat Charlie's life more interesting . . . and a lot more dangerous.
"Thrilling, spooky, and wondrous." —Denver Post
"Awesomely inventive.... When you take the free-fall plunge into a Neil Gaiman book, anything can happen and anything invariably does." —Entertainment Weekly
"Delightful, funny and affecting.... A tall tale to end all tall tales." —Washington Post Book World
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Neil Gaiman. (2009). Anansi Boys. HarperCollins.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Neil Gaiman. 2009. Anansi Boys. HarperCollins.
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Neil Gaiman is the New York Times bestselling and multi-award winning author and creator of many beloved books, graphic novels, short stories, film, television and theatre for all ages. He is the recipient of the Newbery and Carnegie Medals, and many Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, and Will Eisner Awards. Neil has adapted many of his works to television series, including Good Omens (co-written with Terry Pratchett) and The Sandman. He is a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency UNHCR and Professor in the Arts at Bard College. For a lot more about his work, please visit: https://www.neilgaiman.com/
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In this #1 New York Times bestseller, Neil Gaiman returns to the territory of his masterpiece, American Gods to once again probe the dark recesses of the soul.
God is dead. Meet the kids.
Fat Charlie Nancy's normal life ended the moment his father dropped dead on a Florida karaoke stage. Charlie didn't know his dad was a god. And he never knew he had a brother. Now brother Spider is on his doorstep—about to make Fat Charlie's life more interesting . . . and a lot more dangerous.
"Thrilling, spooky, and wondrous." —Denver Post
"Awesomely inventive.... When you take the free-fall plunge into a Neil Gaiman book, anything can happen and anything invariably does." —Entertainment Weekly
"Delightful, funny and affecting.... A tall tale to end all tall tales." —Washington Post Book World
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"Deliciously compulsive . . . Grade: A." — Washington Post
"Ebullient . . . The Gaiman faithful will devour it gratefully." — Sacramento Bee
"Somehow manages to be both really scary and really funny at the same time." — Newsweek
"Witty and engaging." — Minneapolis Star Tribune
"The most accomplished of Gaiman's novels . . . Urbane and sophisticated." — Time Out London
"A clever, quick-witted book." — Oklahoma City Oklahoman
"A remarkably funny book." — Toronto Star
"A madcap, screwball world that is partly absurd, occassionally humane and always entertaining." — Pittsburgh Tribune
"Genre-busting . . . very creative and very funny. Grade: A-" — Christian Science Monitor
"An off-kilter blend of reality and fantasy." — Atlanta Journal-Constitution
"A droll comedy of manners with elements of mystery, thriller and romance thrown in . . . Charming." — Vancouver Sun
"Gaiman hardwires his comedy of misrule with a crackpot energy that, when successfully channelled, lights up the imagination." — Sunday Times (London)
"A thoughtful, atmospheric novel." — London Times
"Ebullient . . . ingenious . . . enormously entertaining throughout." — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"Another lovely story as only Gaiman can tell it; necessary and recommended." — Library Journal
"[Gaiman is] the folksy, witty, foolishly wise narrator to perfection." — Booklist (starred review)
"Funny and subversive . . . Gaiman's mastery of language carries the reader through to a satisfying conclusion." — USA Today
"Delightful, funny and affecting . . . the literary equivalent of a hole in one." — Washington Post Book World
"Readers who enjoyed American Gods . . . will fall madly in love with ANANSI BOYS." — St. Louis Post-Dispatch
"Gaiman at his best." — Rocky Mountain News
"A welterweight boxer of a book — light on its feet, but capable of delivering a punch." — Atlanta Journal-Constitution
"ANANSI BOYS makes an incredible read." — Times Leader
"[Gaiman] gives his flair for comedy free rein without losing his appreciation for the darker aspects of world mythology." — San Francisco Chronicle
"A very accomplished comic novel." — Daily Telegraph (London)
"A hybrid of folk tale and farce that freely partakes of the comic wealth in each." — Salon.com
"Another great work from Neil Gaiman." — Toronto Star
"Darkly funny and heartwarming to the end, this book is an addictive read not easily forgotten." — School Library Journal
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Starred review from July 18, 2005
If readers found the Sandman
series creator's last novel, American Gods
, hard to classify, they will be equally nonplussed—and equally entertained—by this brilliant mingling of the mundane and the fantastic. "Fat Charlie" Nancy leads a life of comfortable workaholism in London, with a stressful agenting job he doesn't much like, and a pleasant fiancée, Rosie. When Charlie learns of the death of his estranged father in Florida, he attends the funeral and learns two facts that turn his well-ordered existence upside-down: that his father was a human form of Anansi, the African trickster god, and that he has a brother, Spider, who has inherited some of their father's godlike abilities. Spider comes to visit Charlie and gets him fired from his job, steals his fiancée, and is instrumental in having him arrested for embezzlement and suspected of murder. When Charlie resorts to magic to get rid of Spider, who's selfish and unthinking rather than evil, things begin to go very badly for just about everyone. Other characters—including Charlie's malevolent boss, Grahame Coats ("an albino ferret in an expensive suit"), witches, police and some of the folk from American Gods
—are expertly woven into Gaiman's rich myth, which plays off the African folk tales in which Anansi stars. But it's Gaiman's focus on Charlie and Charlie's attempts to return to normalcy that make the story so winning—along with gleeful, hurtling prose. Agent, Merrilee Heifetz of Writers House. 16-city author tour
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October 31, 2005
Fat Charlie Nancy's normal life is turned upside down when his father dies and a brother he never knew he had shows up at his doorstep. When that brother, Spider, starts to wear out his welcome, Fat Charlie learns that his father was not a man but the trickster god, Anansi, and both he and Spider have inherited some of Dad's godliness. This leads Fat Charlie to explore his own godly heritage in order to be rid of Spider. Listeners of Coraline
can attest that Gaiman is a fine reader, so any narrators who read his novels have a lot to live up to. Lenny Henry, however, is absolutely the perfect choice to read Anansi Boys
—he not only has Gaiman's cadences and style down pat, but he also ranges his accent from British to Caribbean with ease and provides distinct and memorable voices for all of the characters. An absolutely top-notch performance, one that makes a terrific book even better. Simultaneous release with the Morrow hardcover (Reviews, July 18).
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God is dead. Meet the kids.
Fat Charlie Nancy's normal life ended the moment his father dropped dead on a Florida karaoke stage. Charlie didn't know his dad was a god. And he never knew he had a brother. Now brother Spider is on his doorstep—about to make Fat Charlie's life more interesting . . . and a lot more dangerous.
"Thrilling, spooky, and wondrous." —Denver Post
"Awesomely inventive.... When you take the free-fall plunge into a Neil Gaiman book, anything can happen and anything invariably does." —Entertainment Weekly
"Delightful, funny and affecting.... A tall tale to end all tall tales." —Washington Post Book World
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