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The Actor Chris MacDonald

The Actor By Chris MacDonald

The Actor by Chris MacDonald


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The Actor by Chris MacDonald

TO ACHIEVE GREATNESS, HE MUST SACRIFICE EVERYTHING...

Discover 2024's most original new thriller, a story of glamour, secrets and obsession...

This compelling psychological thriller set in the acting world is both uncompromising and unsettling, with deeply layered characters and a narrative voice that grabs you from the opening line and won't let you go. Fascinating. Alex Michaelides, no.1 international bestselling author of The Silent Patient

*****

At long last, Adam Sealey has an Oscar within reach. Working with his controversial former mentor, Jonathan, he's given the performance of a lifetime, and he almost believes it might be worth the cost.

Because Adam subscribes to the method. It's the secret that the world's greatest actors swear by - digging into their darkest, most personal traumas to bring a role to life.

And Adam's greatest trauma is worse than most. Losing his mother when he was just a boy. A forced choice between the success he craved and the girl he loved. And that night back in drama school, the night of Adam's darkest secret, when everyone knows about the dead body, but nobody suspects the truth.

And then he gets a message: someone knows. And if they tell, everything Adam's worked for will come crashing down.

The Actor Reviews

This compelling psychological thriller set in the acting world is both uncompromising and unsettling, with deeply layered characters and a narrative voice that grabs you from the opening line and won't let you go. Fascinating. -- Alex Michaelides
Ego and ambition, guilt and redemption collide in this masterfully plotted and beautifully written psychological thriller. I couldn't tear my eyes from the page. -- Erin Kelly
A darkly dazzling and glamorously wicked thriller. Take a bow, Chris MacDonald. -- Chris Whitaker
What an incredibly tense, immersive debut. I was completely absorbed by this window into the world of method acting and the dark, twisted consequences of such intense commitment. A bravura performance from MacDonald - I didn't want it to end. -- Amy McCulloch
A blistering story of obsession and where it can lead; a crackling whiplash of a book -- Lou Morgan
An unsettling, all-encompassing read that explores obsession and ambition. So sharp, so visceral, I just couldn't look away. -- Jo Jakeman
I was obsessed. Laughing one moment, absolutely speechless the next, I was completely swept away in Adam's story. This book lives up to expectations - and then exceeds them -- Sam Holland
Brilliantly twisting (and twisted) tale of method acting, madness and Hollywood glamour. I loved it. -- Mat Osman

About Chris MacDonald

Chris MacDonald is a novelist, screenwriter, playwright and actor, who attended a top UK Drama School whose alumnae include Tom Hardy and Michael Fassbender. His debut play Eye of a Needle played at the Southwark Playhouse and as an actor he's worked for the BBC, the RSC and Amazon Studios among others. His screenwriting includes social horror This Merrie Land for Agile and his band Playground Champions have soundtracked the ITV show Buffering.

Additional information

GOR013762065
9780241658222
0241658225
The Actor by Chris MacDonald
Used - Like New
Hardback
Penguin Books Ltd
2024-01-18
400
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The book has been read, but looks new. The book cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket is included if applicable. No missing or damaged pages, no tears, possible very minimal creasing, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins

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