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Anansi Boys

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An edition of Anansi Boys (2005)

Anansi Boys

First HarperTorch paperback printing (1)

by

  • ★★★ ★ 4.0 (73 ratings)
  • 174 Want to read
  • 5 Currently reading
  • 100 Have read

Fat Charlie Nancy's normal life ended the moment his father dropped dead on a Florida karaoke stage. Charlie didn't know his dad was a god. And he never knew he had a brother.

Now brother Spider's on his doorstep -- about to make Fat Charlie's life more interesting... and a lot more dangerous.
--back cover

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English
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400

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Copyright Date
2006

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Format
Mass Market Paperback
Pagination
xiii, 400 p.
Number of pages
400

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL22236487M
ISBN 10
0060515198
ISBN 13
9780060515195
OCLC/WorldCat
965133586
LibraryThing
4609344
Goodreads
59236553

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Work ID
OL679266W
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Wikidata
Q2360806

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Work Description

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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IT BEGINS, AS MOST THINGS BEGIN, WITH A SONG.
added by Lisa.

FIRST SENTENCE

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