If We Were Villains is pretty much The Secret History meets Shakespeare. Oliver Marks, after serving ten years in jail for murder, agrees to meet up with the detective who put him away. The detective thinks he made a mistake, and Oliver promises to tell him the true story. From there we meet seven theatre students, who are all as endearing (and as pretentious) as the real thing, who end up unwittingly going through the motions of their own Shakespearean tragedy. It’s a perfect book for Donna Tartt fans, and the ending will knock your socks off.
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