{"product_id":"books-second-best-by-david-foenkinos","title":"Second Best","description":"\u003cb\u003e'An exquisitely bittersweet comedy of life's missed opportunities' Jonathan Coe, author of\u0026gt;\u003ci\u003eBournville\u0026gt;\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA magical imagining of the fate of a fictional boy whose life is shaped forever when he loses out on the role of Harry Potter.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt'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\u0026gt;\u003ci\u003eHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone\u003c\/i\u003e. 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\u0026gt;\u003ci\u003eSecond Best\u003c\/i\u003e is a playful, poignant story about fate, loss and how the lives we wish we'd led might not be all they're cracked up to be . . .","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53671474856209,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781913547745.jpg?v=1781516230","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-second-best-by-david-foenkinos","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}