The Sister's Brothers - Patrick Dewitt

Hermann Kermit Warm is going to die. Across 1000 miles of Oregon desert his assassins, the notorious Eli and Charlies 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.


A refreshing and different perspective on bounty hunters in the gold rush. It was written in such a style that made it different from your western or your assassin genre. It was written from the perspective of one of the boys, who was not always happy with what he was doing or the life he was leading. Instead of all gung-ho, violence and shoot em ups. Its more a trial of life, where not everything goes right and the narrator is not afraid to tell you his true feelings, his emotions or his fears. He follows in his brothers shadow and is a bit upset about this. He even gets called fat at one point and this gives him a bit of a complex.

The story itself is enthralling, and captivating. Its not all happy endings either and it feels a bit more realistic and a bit more believable as a story. (Men admiring they have emotions, whatever next.) The characters are complex and are given a depth that you really feel you get to know them. This book made me both laugh and feel sorry for the boys in the story. This really is a great book to read. Really not what I was expecting and much better than I thought. The cover for this book is also very clever and amazing (I had lots of people inspect this book and mention it). I really enjoyed this read, not something I would usually pick up, but im glad I did. Very good book and worth reading.