If We Were Villains

per aspera ad astra

Oliver Marks has just served ten years in jail - for a murder he may or may not have committed. On the day he's released, he's greeted by the man who put him in prison. Detective Colborne is retiring, but before he does, he wants to know what really happened a decade ago. As one of seven young actors studying Shakespeare at an elite arts college, Oliver and his friends play the same roles onstage and off: hero, villain, tyrant, temptress, ingenue, extra. But when the casting changes, and the secondary characters usurp the stars, the plays spill dangerously over into life, and one of them is found dead. The rest face their greatest acting challenge yet: convincing the police, and themselves, that they are blameless.





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"this is my comfort book and it's not even a little bit comforting"

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"reading this book is an amazing experience in itself but re-reading it years later as a fully-fledged Shakespeare nerd?????? absolutely unmatched"

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well this is my favorite book of this year so far. also I feel attacked by that ending"
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