The Playboy of the Western World
by J. M. Synge
86 pages~1 hrs
“In a land of storytellers, a dark secret makes you a king.”
In a remote Irish village, a mysterious stranger becomes an overnight legend after confessing to a shocking crime. As his tall tale ignites the town's imagination, he discovers that being a hero is far easier than living up to the myth.
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