{"product_id":"as-if","title":"As If","description":"\u003cp\u003eTrailblazing author Isabel Waidner returns with an existential cat-and-mouse story of grief, loss, ambition, and the possibility making oneself anew\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo men living mirror image lives. Each seeking a second chance to get things right. Each wanting what the other has.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PRHD Penguin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48563669762271,"sku":"9780241779187","price":40.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/2185\/3151\/files\/9780241779187.jpg?v=1772616590","url":"https:\/\/lamplightbooks.co.nz\/products\/as-if","provider":"Lamplight Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}