For the upcoming British television miniseries, see Anansi Boys (TV series).
Anansi Boys
First edition cover
Author
Neil Gaiman
Cover artist
Richard Aquan (1st printing hardcover edition); general design, Shubhani Sarkar; image collage credited to Getty Images
Country
United States
Language
English
Genre
Fantasy
Publisher
Morrow
Publication date
September 20, 2005
Media type
Print (hardback & paperback)
Pages
400
Award
Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (2006)
ISBN
0-06-051518-X
OCLC
60402072
Dewey Decimal
813/.54 22
LC Class
PR6057.A319 A85 2005
Preceded by
American Gods
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.
Gaiman mentioned author Thorne Smith as a strong influence when writing the book; "In the back of my head, when I was writing it, I had a writer named Thorne Smith", and "...the Thorne Smith approach to books with eruptions of magic into normal lives seemed like a territory that would be worthwhile to explore."[1] In the dedication to the novel, he also "tips his hat" to P. G. Wodehouse, Tex Avery and Zora Neale Hurston.[2]
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,[3] and won both the Locus Award and the British Fantasy Society Award in 2006.[4] The audiobook was released in 2005, narrated by Lenny Henry.
^Where is my Island? – Neil Gaiman's Journal
^Anansi Boys, by Neil Gaiman
^"Best-Seller Lists: Hardcover Fiction". The New York Times. 9 October 2005. Retrieved 6 March 2010.
^"2006 Award Winners & Nominees". WorldsWithoutEnd.com. Retrieved 25 July 2009.
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