The Sisters Brothers is a 2011 Western novel by Canadian-born author Patrick deWitt. The darkly comic story takes place in Oregon and California in 1851. The narrator, Eli Sisters, and his brother Charlie are assassins tasked with killing Hermann Kermit Warm, an ingenious prospector who has been accused of stealing from the Sisters' fearsome boss, the Commodore. Eli and Charlie experience a series of misadventures while tracking down Warm which resemble the narrative form of a picaresque novel, and the chapters are, according to one review, "slightly sketched-in, dangerously close to a film treatment." The film rights for the novel were sold to actor John C. Reilly's production company and adapted into a 2018 film of the same name, with Reilly and Joaquin Phoenix playing Eli and Charlie, respectively.
About The Sisters Brothers
Hitmen brothers Eli and Charlie Sisters set out on a mission to track down a chemist with a secret formula for prospecting gold.
Achievement of The Sisters Brothers
The movie premiered at Venice Film Festival and was distributed by Annapurna Pictures. It is based on a novel of the same name by Patrick deWitt.
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Novels set in Oregon.. House of Anansi Press books.. Novels set in the 1850s.. Governor General's Award-winning novels.. Canadian novels adapted into films.. Picaresque novels.. Novels set in San Francisco.. Western (genre) novels.
Latest information about The Sisters Brothers updated on July 28 2021.
