{"product_id":"9781250095299","title":"If We Were Villains","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRio, M. L.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003eIf We Were Villains\u003c\/i\u003e is an upmarket campus-set, Shakespeare-obsessed, literary page-turner in the tradition of \u003ci\u003eThe Secret History.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn the day Oliver Marks is released from jail, the man who put him there is waiting at the door. Detective Colborne wants to know the truth, and after ten years, Oliver is finally ready to tell it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTen years ago: Oliver is one of seven young Shakespearean actors at Dellecher Classical Conservatory, a place of keen ambition and fierce competition. In this secluded world of firelight and leather-bound books, Oliver and his friends play the same roles onstage and off: hero, villain, tyrant, temptress, ingénue, extra. But in their fourth and final year, good-natured rivalries turn ugly, and on opening night real violence invades the students’ world of make-believe. In the morning, the fourth-years find themselves facing their very own tragedy, and their greatest acting challenge yet: convincing the police, one another, and themselves that they are innocent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart coming-of-age story, part confession,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eIf We Were Villains\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eexplores the magical and dangerous boundary between art and life. In this tale of loyalty and betrayal, madness and ecstasy, the players must choose what roles to play before the curtain falls.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Flatiron Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47422333681897,"sku":"9781250095299","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0406\/5548\/7129\/files\/9781250095299_b789d.jpg?v=1715884063","url":"https:\/\/redstickreads.com\/products\/9781250095299","provider":"Red Stick Reads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}