Neil Gaiman | Anansi boys
Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman is a darkly comic, wildly imaginative tale of family, mythology and the unexpected consequences of discovering that your father was a god. Fat Charlie Nancy's ordinary London life begins to unravel when his estranged father dies during a karaoke performance. The funeral brings an astonishing revelation: his father was Anansi, the ancient West African trickster and spider god. Even more surprisingly, Charlie discovers that he has a brother he never knew existed.
When the charismatic and dangerously gifted Spider arrives on his doorstep, Charlie's carefully ordered existence descends into chaos. His brother seems capable of effortlessly taking over everything Charlie holds dear, setting in motion an adventure that travels from London to Florida and the Caribbean – and into the realm of myth itself. Funny, magical and wonderfully unpredictable, Anansi Boys combines ancient storytelling traditions with a modern family drama about identity, inheritance and finding one's own place in the world. Although connected to American Gods through the character of Mr Nancy, it is a standalone story rather than a sequel.
- • Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
• Language: English
• Cover: Paperback
• Publication date of this paperback edition: May 8, 2006
• Number of pages: 496
• Dimensions: 199 × 128 × 31 mm
• Weight: 348 g
• Genre: Fantasy, Mythological Fantasy, Contemporary Fiction, Humorous Fantasy
• Related book: American Gods
• Awards: Locus Award and British Fantasy Award






