The Sisters Brothers - Patrick DeWitt

The Sisters Brothers move through a blood-soaked American West Coast, one shaded by McCarthy, a land where lives are cheap and death is quick. They were hired to kill a man, for reasons unknown, something that doesn't sit well with the younger brother and narrator, Eli, who wants us victims to be at least guilty of something. His older brother, Charlie, doesn't care as long as the money is good. This tenuous grasp of morality is one of Eli's saving graces, as his is bleak sense of humour and his desire to find true love.

Eli's voice is note-perfect and the language is wonderful, reminiscent of True Grit. The story moves, and the casualness of the violence makes it all the more shocking.