Anansi Boys

By: Neil Gaiman

Narrated by: Lenny Henry

Length: 10 hrs and 5 mins

Publisher's summary

God is dead. Meet the kids.

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.

Mr. Nancy left Fat Charlie things. Things like the tall, good-looking stranger who appears on Charlie's doorstep, who appears to be the brother he never knew. 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, just like Dear Old Dad. And all of a sudden, life starts getting very interesting for Fat Charlie.

Because, you see, Charlie's dad wasn't just any dad. He was Anansi, a trickster god, the spider-god. Anansi is the spirit of rebellion, able to overturn the social order, create wealth out of thin air, and baffle the devil. Some said he could cheat even Death himself.

Returning to the territory he so brilliantly explored in his masterful New York Times best seller 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."

©2005 Neil Gaiman (P)2005 HarperCollins Publishers

Critic reviews

• Locus Award, 2006
  
• Alex Award, 2006

" "Excellent." (Stephen King)
"It's Gaiman's focus on Charlie and Charlie's attempts to return to normalcy that make the story so winning...along with gleeful, hurtling prose." (Publishers Weekly)

A Must Listen

As all Neil Gaiman s books this one is amazing! Loved the narration and the background score!!

Lenny Henry's narration makes this story.

This is a good story, but the performance of Lenny Henry, makes this so much more. Like a good play performed by a brilliant cast. He really made this an enjoyable listen that I have listened to several times now.

Another great story by the author!

Loved the mixture of myth and reality that the author created a sense of story behind stories.

Incredible.

I love this book already, but the performance of the audiobook is mind-blowing. Do yourself a favor and check it out.

Well Done, the title says it All, yet it doesn't.

Very good addition to the American Gods series. I would like to see more story arcs from that series and all the lives affected, complimentary and fulfilled to fates chosen.

another excellent book by Neil gaiman

I loved the book. the reading was engaging and entertaining. honestly, everything he writes is brilliant.

Best Character Voices EVER!

Neil Gaiman has done it again; a beautiful story that had me wondering what was next the whole time. And the narrator, Lenny Henry, was AMAZING at giving each character a voice so real, I was believing in the story. He flawlessly went from one character voice to another and gave Neil Gaiman’s story true life. Can’t wait to download the next one!

Brilliant!

Typically epic Neil Gaiman! Flawless performance by Lenny Henry! Cannot wait for the series.

Excellent!!!!

Best $5 I have ever spent on a book. Great story from an excellent author.

Spiders

Neil Bauman always tells a good story. This one told the story of the sons of the god Anansi. One inherited the God-like gifts of his father, the other didn't. They met after the death of their father,and Spider moved in, with disaster following. It is a tale of embezzlement, murder, and lovers.