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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.

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Reviews

Mid-West Times
told with a rare understanding of all that makes us human, and shows the power of stories to reveal and shelter us from the darkness inside and out.
David Mitchell
To give him his full title: Neil Gaiman, Architect of Worlds, Svengali of Plot, Shaman of Character, Exploder of Cliche, Master Craftsman of Style, Dreamer, Laureate of the Republic of Letters
Elif Shafak
Beyond all the borders that divide us, there is a place of infinite possibilities and pure magic. I think of Neil Gaiman as a writer who wears the key to that land around his neck - the key to Storyland
Stephen King
Gaiman is, simply put, a treasure-house of story
Stephen Fry
A god in the universe of story
Irish Times
A tonic for these turbulent times
Philip Pullman
Much too clever to be caught in the net of a single interpretation
Guillermo del Toro
Intimate, erudite and illuminating
Independent
While we might come to his writing for gods and monsters, actually all human life is here