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|title=The Sisters Brothers

|author=Patrick deWitt

|reviewer=Robin Leggett

|buy=Yes

|borrow=Yes

|pages=272

|publisher=Granta

|website=http://patrickdewitt.net/

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Invariably, the Booker Prize longlist contains one book that is more on the side of light reading than the more worthy and overtly literary fare that it is usually associated with. 'The Sisters Brothers' is the 2011 choice. Set in the US in 1851, it details the adventures of two brothers, Eli and Charlie Sisters, who are hired hands for a mysterious boss known only as the Commodore. Narrated by Eli, who has slightly more of a conscience than his older brother, the story starts with the Commodore ordering a hit, for reasons unknown, on a certain Hermann Kermit Warm.

For more fraternal fun, then we also very much enjoyed [[The Many Deaths of the Firefly Brothers by Thomas Mullen]] which is very much in the same spirit. Last year's Booker long list book in the 'just a darned good read' category was [[The Stars in the Bright Sky by Alan Warner]] which is also full of crisp, funny dialogue.

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