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Title: The Sisters Brothers
Subtitle: A Novel
Author: Patrick deWitt
Narrator: John Pruden
Format: Unabridged
Length: 7 hrs and 42 mins
Language: English
Release date: 04-26-11
Publisher: HarperAudio
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 768 votes
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
Hermann 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. Filled with a remarkable cast of characters - 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 humor, melancholy, and grit of the Old West and two brothers bound by blood, violence, and love.
Critic Reviews:
gritty, as well as deadpan and often very comicDeWitt has chosen a narrative voice so sharp and distinctiveits very narrowing of possibilities opens new doors in the imagination. (New York Times Book Review)
Weirdly funny, startlingly violent and steeped in sadness Its all rendered irresistible by Eli Sisters, who narrates with a mixture of melancholy and thoughtfulness. (Washington Post)
[T]heres something cinematic about Mr. deWitts unadorned prose style, which at first made this reader do a double-takecan this be serious?only to continue flicking the pages with pleasure. (Wall Street Journal)
Members Reviews:
Beautiful, Absurd & Melancholic Frontier Noir.
Absurd, fantastic, and the narrative almost measures up to the cover art. A book about two frontier assassin brothers in search of the 'pot of gold' over the rainbow. Two killer angels seeking to "understand why, or how they might change things for the better." This novel is about that quest. A quest to change, to understand, to alter lots, cheat fate and better predicaments. Fundamentally, however, it is about the things that link us: blood, death, family, lust and greed. The book's absurdity lacks nihilism, its craziness exists without meanness, and the killings and murders seem to echo with a beautiful melancholic fatalism of Charles Portis and Mark Twain.
The Cruelty To Animals is Hard to Take
Great narrator, I would say perfect for this story. The prose is enchanting, that's why I stuck with it. The Sister Brothers have no regard for human life, so it is hard to like them. The treatment of animals in the story is abhorrent. I realize this may have been realistic for the period, but if that bothers you (and it should,) you may want to avoid this book. The dialogue is glorious, and for that reason I recommend it.
Oddly compelling!
I loved this book, despite my general avoidance of stories featuring this much violence. But the viiolence is so embedded in the context of the times that it seems, if not okay, at least understandable. This is a perfect Coen brothers story--I would love to see it filmed. The dialogue is pitch perfect and the narration is sensational. I truly could not stop listening--got lots of extra exercise in just to have an excuse to keep listening. Enjoy!
If you liked "True Grit"...
And I mean the book, "True Grit", you will find much to like in this story.
