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The Sisters Brothers
- Narrated by: John Pruden
- Length: 7 hrs and 42 mins
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Hermann Kermit Warm is going to die. The enigmatic and powerful man known only as the Commodore has ordered it, and his henchmen, Eli and Charlie Sisters, will make sure of it. Though Eli doesn't share his brother's appetite for whiskey and killing, he's never known anything else. But their prey isn't an easy mark, and on the road from Oregon City to Warm's gold-mining claim outside Sacramento, Eli begins to question what he does for a living–and whom he does it for.
With The Sisters Brothers, Patrick deWitt pays homage to the classic Western, transforming it into an unforgettable comic tour de force. Filled with a remarkable cast of characters–losers, cheaters, and ne'er-do-wells from all stripes of life–and told by a complex and compelling narrator, it is a violent, lustful odyssey through the underworld of the 1850s frontier that beautifully captures the humor, melancholy, and grit of the Old West and two brothers bound by blood, violence, and love.
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Great world, competent prose, messy story
- By Melanie on 03-31-16
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The Orchardist
- By: Amanda Coplin
- Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
- Length: 14 hrs and 28 mins
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At the turn of the 20th century, in a rural stretch of the Pacific Northwest, a reclusive orchardist, William Talmadge, tends to apples and apricots as if they were loved ones. A gentle man, he's found solace in the sweetness of the fruit he grows and the quiet, beating heart of the land he cultivates. One day, two teenage girls appear and steal his fruit from the market; they later return to the outskirts of his orchard to see the man who gave them no chase. Feral, scared, and very pregnant, the girls take up on Talmadge's land and indulge in his deep reservoir of compassion.
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"Somebody tell a joke!"
- By Deborah on 10-29-12
By: Amanda Coplin
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Two Brothers
- By: Linda Lael Miller
- Narrated by: Brian Hutchison, Susan Bennett
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
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Marshal Shay McQuillan has a lot on his hands - stagecoach robbers to hunt down, a murdered fiancée to avenge. He certainly doesn't need an identical twin brother he never knew existed turning up out of the blue and telling him what to do. Even less does he want pretty Aislinn Lethaby trying to rescue him from danger. Because, to tell the truth, Aislinn is a sweet distraction from duty whom Shay just can't resist.
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OKAY
- By Neequa on 12-28-16
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The Spymaster's Lady
- By: Joanna Bourne
- Narrated by: Kirsten Potter
- Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
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She's braved battlefields. She's stolen dispatches from under the noses of heads of state. She's played the worldly courtesan, the naive virgin, the refined British lady, even a Gypsy boy. But Annique Villiers, the elusive spy known as the Fox Cub, has finally met the one man she can't outwit... British spymaster Robert Grey must enter France and bring back the brilliant, beautiful - and dangerous - Fox Cub. His duty is to capture her and her secrets for England.
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Highly enjoyable; Audiobook is fantastic
- By Emily London on 12-28-10
By: Joanna Bourne
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The Irishman's Daughter
- By: V.S. Alexander
- Narrated by: Lucy Rayner
- Length: 16 hrs and 25 mins
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Ireland, 1845. To Briana Walsh, no place on earth is more beautiful than Carrowteige, County Mayo. The small farms that surround the centuries-old Lear House are managed by her father, agent to the wealthy, reckless Sir Thomas Blakely. Tenant farmers sell the oats and rye they grow to pay rent to Sir Thomas, surviving on the potatoes that flourish in the remaining scraps of land. But when the potato crop falls prey to a devastating blight, families Briana has known all her life are left with no food, no resources, and no mercy from the English landowner.
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Wasted a credit
- By Emily Coonce on 05-26-19
By: V.S. Alexander
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Night Hawk
- By: Beverly Jenkins
- Narrated by: Kevin R. Free
- Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins
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Award-winning and best-selling author Beverly Jenkins delivers another satisfying and deeply emotional historical romance set during the Revolutionary War. Jenkins continues to win readers with her adventurous tales - where love and high stakes go hand in hand.
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Night Hawk’s Voice
- By Sam Knapper on 11-13-18
By: Beverly Jenkins
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The Winterfox Journals Book One: Autobiography of a Werewolf Hunter
- By: Brian P. Easton
- Narrated by: Basil Sands
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
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Among the Northern Cheyenne of the Great Plains lives a boy named Winterfox, whose family has fought monsters since the days of the Spanish conquistadors. In the aftermath of Westward Expansion, he has become the sole heir to their blood feud against the Beast. Winterfox comes of age in the long shadows of the American frontier, a time when magic has not yet passed into myth. It is a place where the mundane and fantastic still walk side by side, and the warrior society of the Rédo’osnin Dog Men will be remembered a little while longer.
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Counting Coup and Taking Scalps
- By Derek M. Grebner on 11-11-19
By: Brian P. Easton
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Hell at the Breech
- By: Tom Franklin
- Narrated by: Larry Pine
- Length: 13 hrs and 19 mins
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In 1897, an aspiring politician is mysteriously murdered in the rural area of Alabama known as Mitcham Beat. His outraged friends - mostly poor cotton farmers - form a secret society, Hell-at-the-Breech, to punish the townspeople they believe responsible. The hooded members wage a bloody year-long campaign of terror that culminates in a massacre where the innocent suffer alongside the guilty.
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Pull up them breeches, son
- By W Perry Hall on 02-04-14
By: Tom Franklin
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The Taker
- By: Alma Katsu
- Narrated by: Laurel Lefkow
- Length: 14 hrs and 48 mins
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On the midnight shift at a hospital in rural Maine, Dr. Luke Findley is expecting another quiet evening of frostbite and the occasional domestic dispute. But the minute Lanore McIlvrae—Lanny—walks into his ER, she changes his life forever. A mysterious woman with a past and plenty of dark secrets, Lanny is unlike anyone Luke has ever met. He is inexplicably drawn to her...despite the fact that she is a murder suspect with a police escort.
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Too dark for my taste
- By Margaret on 05-04-14
By: Alma Katsu
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Mr. Shivers
- By: Robert Jackson Bennett
- Narrated by: T. Ryder Smith
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
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Robert Jackson Bennett makes a stunning debut with this deliciously dark tale sure to hold readers in its menacing thrall. The grinding poverty brought on by the Great Depression is nowhere more apparent than in the untold thousands looking for work along America’s railroad system. But one man haunting the rail camps has been moved by an entirely different brand of desperation: revenge.
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From the Cormac McCarthy Playbook
- By J. Cons on 08-09-10
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- Kirsten
- 06-25-12
A trip in to the Wild West
Would you consider the audio edition of The Sisters Brothers to be better than the print version?
Funny, and witty and wonderfully insightful. The story line was entertaining and left you guessing right to the very end. I've never rooted so hard for a bad guy.
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- Victoria
- 09-07-14
unexpected but enjoyable.
If you could sum up The Sisters Brothers in three words, what would they be?
Unexpected. Surprising. Fascinating.
Who was your favorite character and why?
The narrator is my obvious choice. He is the younger brother, and a bit of a sheep sometimes, but the story told from his perspective is effective.
If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
This is an interesting question, because as I read this book, I had the thought that it felt like it could be a Quentin Tarantino film.
Any additional comments?
Western genres are not typically my genre, and it's only because the reviews that stated it 'was not your typical western' intrigued me. The characters were memorable for sure, and I did enjoy the book, although I'm not sure I'd read any more of this genre again.
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- Brendan C Knowles
- 04-28-15
Very peculiar story performed exceedingly well
I had previously read this book while on a trip through thailand, which as one might imagine provided for a thoroughly interesting atmosphere. Nonetheless I thought I would give it a listen, see what kind of narrative another took. I really must say the performance far exceeded my expectations and to an almost obscurely coincidental note matched the narrative I had developed in my mind while reading the book. Very interesting story and an even better performance.
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- Karen Abramyan
- 05-11-18
I have enjoying every minute of the book.
I have enjoying every minute of the book, the story and especially performance.
Will highly recommend.
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- Irene A Marre
- 09-20-15
Quite macabre
I enjoyed the narrator, I felt he added to the story but it was a strange unsatisfactory tale. Quote blood curdling in parts but also quite funny.
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- Robert
- 07-31-12
Great listen with a great performance.
Found this tale very intersting from start to finish, with the author producing good western gun slinging while still connecting you to the characters and the world they inhabited. And the narration is some of the best I've ever heard in a fiction book.
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- Chelsea
- 06-05-20
Solid western, not the best choice of narrator
Solid western. Narrator is fantastic at exposition but a bit weak on voices for the characters. This might sound picky but I felt it distracted from the nature of the characters when the dialogue is read. I think he'd be excellent for non-fiction but his performance of the dialogue feels half baked in that he goes for distinctive voices for different characters but delivers the same deadpan performance for them which seems to have maybe altered the tone of the book - but to be fair I'm saying that having not read it in print.
The book makes for good character studies and shows reverence for the genre while taking steps to bring something new to the table. Refreshing to read a relatively new entry in the genre.
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- Darla A. Middlebrook
- 04-20-12
Not my cup of tea
What disappointed you about The Sisters Brothers?
The story seemed to ramble. It seemed as though the author was trying to be "profound", but instead was in turns violent and boring.
Would you ever listen to anything by Patrick deWitt again?
If it is similar to this, no.
What about John Pruden’s performance did you like?
Narration was clear and precise. Too bad the script was not up to the narrator's skills.
What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?
I dreaded having to continue reading. Had to read it for a book club meeting, otherwise I would not have bothered finishing it.
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- LJR
- 02-09-14
I just don't get it.
I kept waiting to have a eureka moment while reading this book - wondering if, like when I read Lord of the Flies in high school, I had missed an underlying message.
After much book club discussion, I've decided I didn't miss anything - the book was just a miss for me - I still am not sure what I was meant to get out of it.
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