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Ideal for readers who enjoy historical fiction and Westerns with a twist, especially those who appreciate dark humour, complex characters, and a reflective, gritty narrative voice. Fans of literary fiction with sharp wit and explorations of moral ambiguity will find this novel compelling.
Shortlisted for the 2011 Man Booker Prize, deWitt's dazzlingly original second novel is a darkly funny, offbeat western about a reluctant assassin and his murderous brother.
Shortlisted for the 2011 Man Booker Prize, deWitt's dazzlingly original second novel is a darkly funny, offbeat western about a reluctant assassin and his murderous brother.
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Hermann Kermit Warm is going to die. Across 1000 miles of Oregon desert, his assassins, the notorious Eli and Charlie Sisters, ride—fighting, shooting, and drinking their way to Sacramento. But their prey isn't an easy mark, the road is long and bloody, and somewhere along the path Eli begins to question what he does for a living—and whom he does it for.
The Sisters Brothers pays homage to the classic Western, transforming it into an unforgettable ribald tour de force. Filled with a remarkable cast of losers, cheaters, and ne'er-do-wells from all stripes of life—and told by a complex and compelling narrator—it is a violent, lustful odyssey through the underworld of the 1850s frontier that beautifully captures the humour, melancholy, and grit of the Old West and two brothers bound by blood, violence, and love.
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Praised as blackly hilarious by The Times and recognised by the Sunday Times as a work that confirms Patrick deWitt's literary talents, this novel has been lauded for its witty, noir re-imagining of classic Western themes. Reviews highlight its unsettling yet compelling nature, blending dark humour with profound insights into human existence, as noted by the Independent on Sunday. The Los Angeles Times praised it as a skilfully polished and darkly funny story, while several other outlets celebrated its eloquence, emotional depth, and adventurous spirit.
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ISBN: 9781847083197
Publisher: Granta Books
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 05 January 2012
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Granta Books
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 21.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 247g
Pages: 336
About the Author
Patrick deWitt is the author of the critically acclaimed Ablutions and The Sisters Brothers, which won the 2011 Governor General's Literary Award for fiction and the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize for Fiction, the Scotiabank Giller Prize and the Bord Gais Energy Irish Book Awards. Born in British Columbia, he has also lived in California, Washington and Oregon, where he currently resides with his wife and son.
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