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Excerpt: The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt
Winner of The Governor General's Award
And a Best Book of the Year: Publishers Weekly, Amazon, Hudson Booksellers, Washington Post
"A masterful, hilarious picaresque that keeps company with the best of Charles Portis and Mark Twain."… (More)
And a Best Book of the Year: Publishers Weekly, Amazon, Hudson Booksellers, Washington Post
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