The Western isn't a genre of writing that I'm usually drawn to. In fact, The Sisters Brothers is the first Western I've ever read. And I LOVED it. Charles and Eli Sisters are two notorious, gun-totin', horseback ridin', brandy-swillin' assassins. Their employer, a powerful man known as The Commodore, hires them to seek out and murder a man who has slighted him. We follow the brothers on the dangerous and hilarious journey from their hometown of Oregon City, to the gleaming lights of San Francisco, where gold abounds and whores ain't cheap. DeWitt's writing is unique and wonderful, simple yet vividly descriptive. It's funny, violent, creepy, and sad, with pitch-perfect dialogue and one-liners that you'll be quoting for days to come. With hints of True Grit, O Brother Where Art Thou, and Deadwood, and with a cast of players that would put John Irving to shame, The Sisters Brothers is the Western re-imagined for the 21st century.

- Bianca