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Anansi BoysNeil GaimanAmerican Gods, book 2

Characters in Anansi Boys

17 characters, main characters first.

Main characters

  • Charles Nancy

  • Spider (Anansi Boys)

    Fat Charlie's brother, who inherited all of their father's godhood, charm and disregard for consequence. He moves into Charlie's flat and begins taking over his life.

    Also in American Gods

Antagonists

  • Grahame Coats

    Charlie's employer at the Grahame Coats Agency, who has been quietly embezzling from his clients.

  • Tiger (Anansi Boys)

    One of the old animal gods, who has never forgiven Anansi for taking the stories away from him and wants them — and his line — back.

Supporting characters

  • Anansi

  • Rosie Noah

    Charlie's fiancée, who pressed him to reconcile with his father before the wedding.

  • Callyanne Higgler

    A neighbour from Charlie's Florida childhood who tells him what his father really was, and that he has a brother.

  • Maeve Livingstone

    A client of the Grahame Coats Agency who works out what her agent has been doing with her money.

  • Daisy Day

    The one police officer investigating the agency's missing money who believes Charlie is innocent, and follows the case out of the country on her own time.

  • Fat Charlie

  • Mrs. Eutheria Noah

  • Mrs. Louella Dunwiddy

  • Graham Coates

  • Maeve Livingston

  • Mr. Nancy

    Also in American Gods

  • Mrs. Zora Bustamonte