Anansi Boys
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Anansi Boys is a fantasy novel by English writer Neil Gaiman. In the novel, "Mr. Nancy" — an incarnation of the West African trickster god Anansi — dies, leaving twin sons, who in turn discover one another's existence after being separated as young children. The novel follows their adventures as they explore their common heritage. Although it is not a sequel to Gaiman's previous novel American Gods, the character of Mr. Nancy appears in both books.
Anansi Boys was published on 20 September 2005 and was released in paperback on 1 October 2006. The book debuted at number one on The New York Times Best Seller list, and won both the **Locus Award** and the **British Fantasy Society Award** in 2006.
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2 primary books4 released booksAmerican Gods
American Gods is a 4-book series with 2 released primary works first released in 2001 with contributions by Neil Gaiman and R. Scarlett.
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We were first introduced to the trickster Spider God, Anansi, or Mr. Nancy, in Gaiman's earlier novel American Gods. Here we meet his offspring, Fat Charlie and his brother Spider. Fat Charlie is one of those people that life happens to, and not in a good way. Spider, on the other hand, has inherited his father's godlike abilities and lives the life of Riley. Needless to say things get complicated when the two estranged brothers meet after their father dies.
Gaiman weaves a comic tale of brotherly love, embezzelment and voodoo that, in the last third of the novel, takes a darker turn. Wonderfully written and very readable I'd recommend this to anyone!
Let no one say that Neil Gaiman is not the king of urban fantasy. Certainly, Anansi Boys does nothing to bring his title under dispute; however, as a fan of American Gods, I found myself missing the darker, grittier tone of the latter. Anansi Boys is excellent, but will not meet the expectations of readers looking for American Gods redux.
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