num_pages: 10
description: Narrated by Lenny HenryGod 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 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." Performed by Lenny Henry This Program requires an MP3-CD Player
language: English
title: Anansi Boys
titlecomplete: Anansi Boys
characters: Mrs. Zora Bustamonte, Mrs. Eutheria Noah, Fat Charlie, Daisy Day, Mr. Nancy, Rosie Noah, Graham Coates, Spider, Mrs. Callyanne Higgler, Maeve Livingston, Mrs. Louella Dunwiddy
genres: Fiction, Magical Realism, Humor, Science Fiction Fantasy, Adult, Contemporary, Mythology, Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Audiobook
ratings_count: 218385
places: Florida, London, England
series: American Gods
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Fantasy Novel, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Mythopoeic Fantasy Award
category: Adult Literature, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire
category: Roman étranger, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: ALA Alex Award, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: British Fantasy Award
category: Best Novel
publisher: HarperAudio