The Sisters Brothers
by Patrick deWitt · 2011
Buy on AmazonHermann Kermit Warm is going to die. The enigmatic and powerful man known only as the Commodore has ordered it, and his henchmen, Eli and Charlie Sisters, will make sure of it. Though Eli doesn't share his brother's appetite for whiskey and killing, he's never known anything else. But their prey isn't an easy mark, and on the road from Oregon City to Warm's gold-mining claim outside Sacramento, Eli begins to question what he does for a living - and whom he does it for. With The Sisters Brothers, Patrick deWitt pays homage to the classic Western, transforming it into an unforgettable comic tour de force.…
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Goodreads Choice Awards — 2011 · goodreads.com
"My oldest son, Scott, recently sent me a novel about a pair of hired gunslingers called “The Sisters Brothers,” by Patrick deWitt. It was just terrific."
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"My current audiobook (Yes, they count; of course they count; why wouldn't they?) is "The Sisters Brothers," by Patrick deWitt. I'm enjoying it — such a sad, funny book about family, framed in a Wild West of prospectors and casual murder."
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