Here is a magical imagining of the fate of a fictional boy whose life is shaped forever when he loses out on the role of Harry Potter. Its 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 Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone. 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 its the most famous film series in the world? Foenkinoss Second Best is a playful, poignant story about fate, loss and how the lives we wish wed led might not be all theyre cracked up to be.
