As If - A Novel Lauren Fogel Mersy What follows is a madcap

What follows is a madcap comedy of errors

Calling all book lovers

she realizes it's time to change the rules

We're All Gonna Die Party Game

They have total freedom--as long as they don't leave the grounds

As If - A Novel Lauren Fogel Mersy What follows is a madcapBy: Isabel Waidner Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2026 06 16 A slender, sly, and profoundly intelligent novel about two strangers who swap lives to find new ones: a story of aspiration, ambition, and the possibility of radical newness. Two men meet in an apartment in London. They are strangers to one another, and yet they look remarkably alike. Lewis is grieving his dead wife; Korine is hiding from his very much alive one. Lewis never had