![]() ![]() He has a flair for describing the countryside around the Oregon trail, painting it as both ugly, inhospitable and beautiful and as we see things through Eli’s eyes, much depends on his state of mind, how inebriated he is and how much he and Eli are getting on each other’s nerves. This outline may strike many readers as unappealing, but what matters is how deWitt goes about it, the power of his characters and the language he uses. They have been told to track down a man by the name of Hermann Kermit Warm, extract from him some vital information (by any means necessary) and kill him. ![]() Eli and his brother Charlie are professional killers with a nasty reputation and are currently in the pay of a man known only as the Commodore. The novel is set in 1851, at the height of the California Gold Rush and is told through the first person narrative of Eli Sisters. It is a beautiful piece of writing, likely to appeal to those who enjoy the work of writers such as Thomas Eidson and others who make use of the Western tradition. It can’t be described without reference to the Western, as there are elements of the Western genre in it, which may put some readers off. The Sisters Brothers is Patrick deWitt’s second novel. ![]()
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