- Action and adventure fiction, Adventure fiction, Adventure stories, brothers
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.
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- classical in formformally daring
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- Author
- Neil Gaiman
- First published
- 2005
- Pages
- 384
- Publisher
- William Morrow, Roca Editorial, William Morrow & Company
- Editions
- 43
- Language
- Polish, Spanish, Dutch, English
- ISBN
- 9780755305070
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“It begins, as most things begin, with a song.”
Neil Richard MacKinnon Gaiman born Neil Richard Gaiman, 10 November 1960) is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, audio theatre, and films. His notable works include the comic book series The Sandman and novels Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, and The Graveyard Book. He has won numerous awards, including the Hugo, Nebula, and Bram Stoker awards, as well as the Newbery and Carnegie medals. He is the first author to win both the Newbery and the Carnegie medals for the same work, The Graveyard Book (2008). In 2013, The Ocean at the End of the Lane was voted Book of the Year in the British National Book Awards.
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