{"product_id":"as-if-8","title":"As If","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A brilliant, strange and tender exploration of what it is to fail, keep failing, and fail better' Sarah Bernstein, author of\u003ci\u003e Study for Obedience \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwo men meet in a flat in London. They are total strangers and yet they look remarkably alike. Lewis is grieving his dead wife; Korine is hiding from his very-much-alive one. Lewis never had children; Korine is an ambivalent parent at best. Lewis is an erstwhile actor, too depressed to attend the big audition that has just fallen into his lap. Korine has tried a dozen dead-end jobs but never pursued his acting dreams.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwo men living mirror image lives. Each seeking a second chance to get things right. Each wanting what the other has.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAs If\u003c\/i\u003e is an existential farce about the road not taken. Surreal and slyly poignant, suffused with ironic melancholia, it is a parable for the twenty-first century everyman: a character trapped in reality’s hall of mirrors, endlessly searching for something to live for.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55634658787672,"sku":"9780241779187","price":21.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780241779187.jpg?v=1777994124","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/as-if-8","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}