This is a recurring blog segment in
which I highlight a book on my wish list. Sometimes it's a new
release, sometimes a beloved classic, and sometimes it's a hidden
gem.
The cover caught my
eye. The premise held my interest. And its seemingly ceaseless
literary award nominations will not let me forget it. So I'm putting
The Sisters Brothers by
Patrick DeWitt on my
wish list.
I've
never read a lot of westerns, even though it's a genre I always seem
to enjoy. Lately, I've been into weird westerns a la A
Book of Tongues and
Hallowed Ground.
The Sisters Brothers
isn't a book with a
fantastical element, but a literary excursion by an author with an
affinity for the genre.
Take two henchmen who are brothers, one with a taste for killing and
the other only a loyalty to his kin, and send them on a job to kill a
prospector who has run afoul of their boss, the Commodore. The
western as a backdrop for sibling loyalty and rivalry sounds really
good and this is one I can't wait to read once I get the chance.
How about you? Are you interested in reading this book or any other
westerns these days?
5 comments:
I just finished reading this. I thoroughly enjoyed it, a different take on a western with a very endearing narrator in one the notorious Sisters brothers.
The ending left me cold. I guess I was expecting something different. Nonetheless, it's a good read.
I have never (that I know of) read a Western. I agree with you that the cover is eye-catching, and I have heard good things about it. Not sure I'll add it to my wish list, but this title is definitely on my radar!
I highly recommend it, having put it on my 2012 best list and reviewed it here at: http://tbdeluxe.blogspot.com/2011/12/boys-with-guns-thoughts-on-sisters.html
I've been writing a horror western short, and it's a lot of fun. I'm a big western fan, and would love to read this. Also got Ketchum's The Crossings on my wish list.
Haven't heard of that Ketchum novel before, but I may have to add that to my list, too.
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