37 pages 1 hour read

The Sisters Brothers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

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Compare Mayfield’s sex workers, the woman in the Black Skull bar, and Sally. What are their attitudes toward the men they interact with? Why?

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Why does the novel feature so many animals and animal suffering?

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To what extent is the human imagination a dangerous thing in the novel?

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