appeared in Breakwater Review and SmokeLong Quarterly, have been included in the Best Microfiction anthology, and have been longlisted for the Disquiet International Literary Prize.
At Electric Lit Markland tagged seven books in which "we see a variety of brothers and permutations of this thorny relationship—some younger brothers who look up to the older, some who want nothing to do with them, all inextricably bonded to a person who understands them (or doesn’t) like no one else in the world." One title on the list:
The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWittRead about another book on the list.
This novel is perfect for anyone with a Western itch to scratch. Assassin brothers Eli and Charlie Sisters are sent by their boss to kill a prospector onhis gold mining claim. Along the way, Eli (the younger of the two) begins to question his life as a hitman, a concern that his more aggressive, less introspective brother doesn’t share. The novel tracks their journey (and Eli’s growing doubts) through a series of absurd detours that give the story a picaresque, episodic feel from chapter to chapter. As with Intermezzo, the novel explores what happens when two brothers start to diverge—as well as the bonds between them that, try as they might, can never be severed completely.
The Sisters Brothers is among JP Gritton’s ten must-read crime books set in the American West and John Larison's ten books that represent the evolution of the Western.
--Marshal Zeringue
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