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The Sisters Brothers Audiobook by Patrick deWitt— narrated by John Pruden
Patrick deWitt's The Sisters Brothers is a darkly funny anti-western narrated by a hired killer with a tender heart and a bad conscience: a Gold Rush odyssey that's part picaresque comedy, part melancholy meditation on the work of violence.
Why the audiobook wins
The whole comedy of this novel lives in Eli Sisters' voice, fussy, earnest, and strangely gentle for a man riding toward a murder, and narrator John Pruden gets the deadpan exactly right. He never plays Eli's worry or his tenderness for a cheap laugh; he lets the absurdity of a hired killer fretting over his diet and his horse land on its own, which is funnier and sadder than any broader reading would be.
Audio suits a picaresque like this one, episode after episode of strangers, saloons, and bad luck along the Gold Rush trail, because Pruden's steady, unhurried pace mirrors the horseback rhythm of the story itself. At just under eight hours, it's a brisk enough listen for a weekend of chores or a long drive south, the same direction Eli and Charlie are headed.
DeWitt's prose is spare and this narration honors that restraint rather than fighting it, letting silence and understatement do the heavy lifting. One credit buys you the whole strange, tender ride to San Francisco.
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- Who narrates the The Sisters Brothers audiobook?
- John Pruden narrates the audiobook edition of The Sisters Brothers.
- How long is the The Sisters Brothers audiobook?
- The audiobook runs 7 hr 42 min.
- Is the The Sisters Brothers audiobook worth listening to?
- We scored The Sisters Brothers 4.2 out of 5. The whole comedy of this novel lives in Eli Sisters' voice, fussy, earnest, and strangely gentle for a man riding toward a murder, and narrator John Pruden gets the deadpan exactly right. He never plays Eli's worry or his tenderness for a cheap laugh; he lets the absurdity of a…
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- Is The Sisters Brothers on Kindle Unlimited?
- No. The Sisters Brothers was not included with Kindle Unlimited when we last checked on August 20, 2026.
- How much does The Sisters Brothers cost?
- On Amazon: Kindle $14.49, Paperback $10.33, Hardcover $21.00. Prices as of August 21, 2026 at 3:47 AM EDT and may change.
