If you want to read a "western", I'd recommend The Luminaries as a much more imaginative and absorbing work in this genre. Theme-Good VS Evil The story follows Eli and Charlie Sisters Contract killers that work for the commodore The two brothers set out on their horses, Nimble. Much more could have been made of the Commodore as a character as well, but this chance is lost. When they arrive in California, the brothers discover the reason why the Commodore has sent them after Warm, and everything changes.Įli and Warm are memorable characters (as is Eli's horse Tub) but the story never really hits any great heights in comparison to a host of similar novels. The book follows their violent journey there from Oregon, while Eli recounts his growing dissatisfaction with his life. The brothers have been despatched by the Commodore to the Californian goldfields to find and kill a man called Hermann Warm. Charlie remains a violent man who takes the lead in their activities. Eli is tired of the mercenary life and seeking an exit to a quiet retirement with somebody who will love him. The story is narrated by Eli, the younger of the brothers. The Sisters Brothers is about Charlie and Eli Sisters, two murderers-for-hire in the employ of a shadowy operative called the Commodore. It took me a while to get past the contrived and silly title of this book and give it a chance.
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