' the folksy, witty, foolishly wise narrator to perfection. 'Another lovely story as only Gaiman can tell it necessary and recommended.' - Library Journal enormously entertaining throughout.' - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) The Gaiman faithful will devour it gratefully.' - Sacramento Bee Returning to the territory he so brilliantly explored in his masterful New York Times bestseller, American Gods, the incomparable Neil Gaiman offers up a work of dazzling ingenuity, a kaleidoscopic journey deep into myth that is at once startling, terrifying, exhilarating, and fiercely funny - a true wonder of a novel that confirms Stephen King's glowing assessment of the author as 'a treasure-house of story, and we are lucky to have him.' Critical Praise Some said he could cheat even Death himself. Exclusive Cover Reveal: The B&N Collectible Editions Cover of Neil Gaiman’s American Gods & Anansi Boys It’s a great time to be Neil Gaiman. Anansi is the spirit of rebellion, able to overturn the social order, create wealth out of thin air, and baffle the devil. He was Anansi, a trickster god, the spider-god. And all of a sudden, life starts getting very interesting for Fat Charlie.īecause, you see, Charlie's dad wasn't just any dad. A brother as different from Charlie as night is from day, a brother who's going to show Charlie how to lighten up and have a little fun. Things like the tall, good-looking stranger who appears on Charlie's doorstep, who appears to be the brother he never knew.

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. When Fat Charlie's dad named something, it stuck. Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman available in Hardcover on, also read synopsis and reviews. Neil Gaiman gives us a mythology for a modern age - complete with dark prophecy, family dysfunction, mystical deceptions, and killer birds. Anansi Boys is a story of love, laughter, music and murder, old gods and new tricks that takes Fat Charlie from his home in South London to Florida, the Caribbean, and the very Beginning of the World itself.