Anansi Boys
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Anansi Boys
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Anansi Boys
A darkly comic family fable, and companion novel to American Gods.
Bursting with imaginative power, this story blends fantasy with humour and drama
'Neil could never have known that he was writing for a confused Jamaican kid who, without even knowing it, was still staggering from centuries of erasure of his own gods and monsters' MARLON JAMES
'A warm, funny, immensely entertaining story about the impossibility of putting up with your relations - especially if they happen to be Gods' SUSANNA CLARKE
'It's virtually impossible to read more than ten words by Neil Gaiman and not wish he would tell you the rest of the story' OBSERVER
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'People think that funny and serious are mutually exclusives. They think they're opposites, and that's not actually true' NEIL GAIMAN
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Everything changes for Fat Charlie Nancy, the South London boy so called by his father, the day his dad drops dead while doing karaoke.
Charlie didn't know his estranged father was a god - Anansi the trickster, master of mischief and social disorder. He never knew he had a brother either.
Now brother Spider is on his doorstep, about to make life more interesting . . . and a lot more dangerous. It's a meeting that will take Fat Charlie from his London home to Florida, the Caribbean, and the very beginning of the world itself. Or the end of the world, depending on which way you're looking.
NEIL GAIMAN.
WITH STORIES COME POSSIBILITIES.
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Includes reading-group discussion questions and an interview with Neil Gaiman
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Neil Gaiman's Anansi Boys is praised for being a warm and funny tale that masterfully blends fantasy with everyday life. The book is noted for its engaging storytelling, humour, and vivid mix of mythology and modernity, akin to the works of Douglas Adams and Wodehouse. Reviewers highlight its charm, clever narrative, and Gaiman's imaginative prowess, ensuring readers are captivated by a world full of both whimsy and danger.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780755305094
Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 08 May 2006
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Headline Book Publishing
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 36.0mm
Width: 128.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 347g
Pages: 496
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About the Author
Neil Gaiman was born in England but now lives in Minnesota, in a big house of uncertain location where he accumulates computers and cats.
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