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Second Best

English

By (author): David Foenkinos

Translated by: Megan Jones

Hundreds of actors were auditioned, but only two remained. This novel tells the story of the boy who wasn't chosen. It's 1999. Martin Hill is ten years old, crazy about Arsenal and has a minor crush on a girl named Betty. Then he makes it to the final two in the casting for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. In the end, the other boy is picked for the role of a lifetime. A devastated Martin tries to move on with his life. But how can he escape his failure, especially when it's the most famous film series in the world? Foenkinos's smash-hit Second Best is a playful, poignant story about fate, loss and forging one's own path in an age of never-ending comparison. See more
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Will deliver when available. Publication date 16 Jan 2025

Product Details
  • Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
  • Publication Date: 16 Jan 2025
  • Publisher: Pushkin Press
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781805333678

About David Foenkinos

David Foenkinos is the author of 17 novels which have been translated into 40 languages. His novel Delicacy was made into a film starring Audrey Tautou (2011). He received the 2014 Prix Renaudot and Prix Goncourt des Lycéens for Charlotte.

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