As If by Isabel Waidner

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. Surreal and slyly poignant, suffused with ironic melancholia, this novel is a parable for the 21st century everyman: a character trapped in reality's hall of mirrors, endlessly searching for something to live for.