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The Sisters Brothers

The Sisters Brothers

Patrick deWitt (born 1975)

English editions

Written in English

  • The Sisters Brothers

    Granta Books · United Kingdom · 4 April 2024 · Paperback · 336 pages

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  • The Sisters Brothers

    House of Anansi Press · Canada · 2011 · 330 pages

  • The Sisters Brothers

    Ecco · United States · 2011 · 328 pages

  • The Sisters Brothers

    Granta Books · United Kingdom · 2011 · 210 pages

  • The Sisters Brothers

    Ecco · United States · 14 February 2012 · Paperback · 336 pages

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In 1851 a powerful employer called the Commodore sends his hired killers, the brothers Eli and Charlie Sisters, from Oregon City to murder Hermann Kermit Warm at his gold claim outside Sacramento. Charlie drinks hard, kills easily and guns down whoever blocks his path; Eli is gentler, falls in love on the road and begins to wonder whether this is the life he wants, and for whom he is living it. The brothers bicker their way across a thousand miles of frontier, among losers, cheats and drifters. When they reach California they find that their target is an inventor with a formula that could make them all rich.

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About the book

Form
Novel
Genres
Historical, Crime (assigned by AI)
Set in
United States, 1851
First published
2011
Author's age
36 when first published
ISBN

9780887842894 (House of Anansi Press, Canada)

9780062041265 (Ecco, United States)

9781847083180 (Granta Books, United Kingdom)

9780062041289 (Ecco, United States)

9781803510026 (Granta Books, United Kingdom)

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