# Anansi Boys

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- Book: [Anansi Boys](https://www.bookquiver.com/neil-gaiman/anansi-boys) ([Anansi Boys.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/neil-gaiman/anansi-boys.md))
- Authors: [Neil Gaiman](https://www.bookquiver.com/neil-gaiman)
- Publisher: headline
- ISBN: 978-14-7223-542-8
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2016-11-03
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Hardcover

## Description

A special illustrated edition of Anansi Boys by bestselling storytelling legend, Neil Gaiman. A kaleidoscopic journey deep into myth, with illustrations by celebrated artist Daniel Egnéus. A BBC Radio 4 adaptation, featuring an all-star cast lead by Lenny Henry, premiered on Christmas Day 2017. 'Exhilarating and terrifying' Independent 'A warm, funny, immensely entertaining story about the impossibility of putting up with your relations - especially if they happen to be Gods' Susanna Clarke If you need him, just tell a spider. He'll come running. Fat Charlie Nancy used to have a normal life. But that all changes the moment his estranged father drops dead in a karaoke bar, leaving a trail of chaos in his wake. Fat Charlie didn't know his dad was a god. He certainly didn't know he was Anansi the trickster spider-god, lord of rebellion and disorder. He didn't know he had a brother, either. Now his brother, Spider, is on his doorstep trying to take over his life, flat and fiancée. And Fat Charlie's going to have to resort to something drastic - and dangerous - to get back on track.