Anansi Boys: A Novel
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 no...show more
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Thankfully this book is not a sequel to American Gods because I haven't read that yet. But it's apparently along the same lines. Mr. Nancy is an old man who loves to sing and names things; and those names stick. He has a son who he named Fat Charlie and humiliated on a fairly regular basis. Fat Charlie goes to London, gets engaged and is persuaded to invite his father to the wedding. Finding his father had passed, things start to get a little sur...read more
I only started reading this because I didn't realize that it was part of an American Gods series. It's one of the books I inherited from my dad, and by the time I realized it was related to American Gods, I was super into the story. It was a delightful read! All the fun parts of American Gods, all of the humor of it, without the bleakness of it.
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