Anansi Boys
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4.4 • 135 Ratings
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- $19.99
Publisher Description
Soon to be a streaming series!
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman, a tale playful, profound, and rife with mayhem and mischief―one of ten classic Gaiman works repackaged with elegant original watercolor art by acclaimed artist Henry Sene Yee
When Fat Charlie’s dad named something, it stuck. Like calling Fat Charlie “Fat Charlie.” Even now, twenty years later, Charlie Nancy can’t shake that name, one of the many embarrassing “gifts” his father bestowed—before he dropped dead on a karaoke stage and ruined Fat Charlie’s life. Because Mr. Nancy left Fat Charlie things. Things like the stranger who appears on Charlie’s doorstep, who appears to be the brother he never knew. And all of a sudden, life starts getting very interesting for Fat Charlie.
Neil Gaiman journeys deep into myth to brings us a tale playful, profound, and rife with mayhem and mischief—an audacious and inspired story of family, luck, deceit, and an unusual legacy that illuminates the divine in our humanity. Not to mention a lime.
“Awesomely inventive.… When you take the free-fall plunge into a Neil Gaiman book, anything can happen and anything invariably does.” —Entertainment Weekly
Customer Reviews
Great book
Narrator was great. The book wasn’t as good as good as American gods but amazing in its own way.
I like Gaiman’s prosaic style and use of magical realism.
Gaiman’s style has me reading book after book by him. I love how his lines flow so smoothly and his use of similies make the imagery so clear in my mind. In Anansi Boys, I like how he uses magical realism to explore the meaning and power of familial bonds. I also loved the musical elements in this story, such as all the different singing scenes. Now I’m going to go look for another Neil Gaiman book.