“I got to work straight away. You wouldn’t have known it, but in my head, I was an actor twenty-four-​­seven and ​- wherever I went.”

The Book Fairies have been busy sharing copies of As If by Isabel Waidner today! This book came out last month and is now being hidden all around the UK for lucky finders to stumble upon…

About the book:

Two 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.

Two men living mirror image lives. Each seeking a second chance to get things right. Each wanting what the other has.

As If 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.

Happy book finders

We love hearing from people who find books that fairies leave behind! Here are some of our favourites from those who found As If by Isabel Waidner…

Get your hands on a new book!

If you like the sound of this book, you’re in luck – it’s out NOW in all good bookshops! Prefer to buy your books online? Head to bookshop.org to order As If by Isabel Waidner and get a warm fuzzy feeling for supporting bookshops too by choosing to shop there!

Be a book fairy yourself

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