Anansi Boys

Cultural references

  • The character Daisy is so named because her parents own and ride a tandem bicycle. This references the 1892 song "Daisy Bell (Bicycle Built for Two)".
  • It is also stated that Daisy's father teaches computer science. This may be a reference either to the song's use in early speech synthesis or to the scene from the 1968 novel and film 2001: A Space Odyssey in which the HAL 9000 computer sings it during its gradual deactivation.

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