Anansi Boys
A fantasy novel about twin sons of a trickster god.
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The book explores family relationships complicated by a trickster father's supernatural nature.[1]
Making and release
Gaiman declined a Hugo nomination for the novel despite garnering enough votes.[2] The dedication tips a hat to P. G. Wodehouse, Tex Avery, and Zora Neale Hurston.[3] A new six-part radio series adapted by Dirk Maggs was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 starting Christmas Day 2017.[4] According to The New York Times list from 9 October 2005, the novel reached the number-one spot for hardcover fiction.[5]
A multi-volume comic series adaptation, a collaboration between Gaiman and Marc Bernardin with art by Shawn Martinbrough, was announced in 2024.[6]
What the cited sources add
The first draft of the Anansi Boys screenplay was handed in on Monday of the week of July 23, 2010.[7] A BBC News report from 6 February 2014 stated that the television miniseries was in "very early development" by Red, the company behind Last Tango in Halifax.[8] The 2017 BBC Radio 4 adaptation is narrated by Joseph Marcell and stars Jacob Anderson as Fat Charlie.[4]
References
- Wikipedia, "Anansi Boys" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Vašíčková, "Educational aspects in the literary work of Neil Gaiman", Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, Pedagogická fakulta, 2012 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Anansi Boys" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "The 2006 Hugo and Campbell Award Nominees, and Honorable Mentions", Cluebytwelve.net; Gaiman, "Neil Gaiman's Journal: Hugo words", Neilgaiman.com, 2006-08-27 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Anansi Boys" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Where is my Island? – Neil Gaiman's Journal; Anansi Boys, by Neil Gaiman (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Anansi Boys" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Anansi Boys – Who's Who", BBC Radio 4; "Listening to Anansi Boys", BBC Radio 4; "Listening to Anansi Boys", BBC Radio 4 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Anansi Boys" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Best-Seller Lists: Hardcover Fiction", The New York Times, 9 October 2005; "2006 Award Winners & Nominees", WorldsWithoutEnd.com (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Anansi Boys" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Neil Gaiman teams up with Marc Bernardin and Shawn Martinbrough to adapt "Anansi Boys" into comics", Dark Horse Comics, 21 February 2024; Clarke-Billings, "Neil Gaiman's publisher cancels future works", BBC News, 25 January 2025 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Gaiman, "Neil Gaiman's Journal: Normal Service Will Be Resumed As Soon As Possible", Journal.neilgaiman.com, 2010-07-23. facts only, no text reused. journal.neilgaiman.com
- "BBC to adapt Neil Gaiman's Anansi Boys", BBC News, 6 February 2014. facts only, no text reused. bbc.co.uk
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