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When We Were Killers - gothic academia with a Scottish twist

When We Were Killers - gothic academia with a Scottish twist
Unknown to me until recently, the genre of "dark academia" came into being around 2015, inspired by the gothic romance of cloistered, tweedy halls of learning and the dangers of packing such insular, elitist institutions with headstrong young people.

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