Not Quite "Pistols And Petticoats," Girls, But A Lot Of Fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                            When I first saw this book in the store, and glanced at the title, I thought it was about cross dressing or gender switching.  And it might have worked well that way, anyway!  But the title is a play on words; Charles and Eli Sisters (it is their surname) are siblings, and bounty hunters in the West, during the time of the California Gold Rush!!!!!!!!!!!  There story plays out like a cross between "True Grit," or "No Country For Old Men," only with less menace, and laced with a bit of humor.  There is a bit of buffoonery about the brothers, as well as the prey they go after, and their adventures, make for a quick read!

                                              This is a picaresque novel, involving a quest to kill two, but especially one, individual it is learned they are after, since the book begins. The book gets into some psychological areas with the brothers' relationships--to each other, and the world around them--so that, when they end up, at the end, showing a bit of humanity, one is not quite surprised, and gratified.

                                                Not very deep, and short on narrative, the book in nevertheless a fascinating character study of the bonds that tie siblings.  Its entertainment factor is high, and is worth a look!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                                 But not quite Edna Ferber, darlings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!