Second Best Av David Foenkinos

<p><b>A magical imagining of<span> the fate of a fictional boy whose life is shaped forever when he loses out on the role of Harry Potter.</span></b></p><p>It''s 1999. Martin Hill is ten years old, crazy about Arsenal and has a minor crush on a girl named Betty. <span>Then he makes it to the final two in the casting for <i>Harry Potter and the Philosopher''s Stone</i>. </span></p><p><span>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? </span></p><p><span>Foenkinos¿s smash-hit <i>Second Best</i> 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 . . .</span></p><span></span>