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The Sisters Brothers (2011) by Patrick deWitt
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Brilliant in so many ways.  The first chapter alone -- and they are short chapters -- could be used to teach an entire course in characterization.  Wonderful characters, all playing off of one another, all more or less a mix of good and bad.  And it's gritty in a Cormac McCarthy way, only not so unrelentingly dark and despairing -- though close to it in spots.  The dialog is loopy, clever, funny, and inspired.

There is a movie slated for release in 2018.  I can see why.  This is intensely visual, and seems almost impossible to translate badly to screen.  Then again, we're talking about Hollywood.  I wish Tarantino had been attached to the project.  Not that I'm a lover of all things Tarantino, but the dialog is right up his alley, as is the violence.  In lesser hands -- Jacques Audiard, who the fuck? -- I fear the worst.
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