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My Name Is Will

A Novel of Sex, Drugs, and Shakespeare

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Willie Shakespeare Greenberg is not living up to his name. It's 1986, and instead of finishing his thesis on the Bard, this grad student is saying "yes" to drugs, bedding coeds, and delivering a giant psychedelic mushroom to a mysterious collector. Meanwhile (or rather, back in 1582), would-be playwright William Shakespeare is an eighteen-year-old Latin teacher whose world is turned upside down when a stranger entrusts him with a sacred relic from Rome, drawing him into an underground network of Catholic dissidents. ... more

About Author

As a founding member of the Reduced Shakespeare Company, Jess Winfield co-created the full-length show The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged), which premiered at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1987 and became an international sensation, leading to multiple world tours and engagements. After leaving the RSC, Winfield spent ten years writing and producing award-winning cartoons for the Walt Disney Company. He left Disney to write this, his first novel. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife.

website: http://www.jesswinfield.com/

Audio and Video

My Name Is Will
Twelve
Category:
FICTION
Format:
TRADE PAPERBACK
Publish Date:
7/3/2009
Price:
$14.99/$16.99
ISBN:
9780446508834
Pages:
320
Size:
5-1/4" x 8"

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