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In 1999, hundreds of young people auditioned to play Harry Potter. Among the two candidates who made it to the end, Daniel Radcliffe was chosen for having, according to the casting director, "that something extra". Reading these statements, David Foenkinos immediately empathized with the guy who didn't have that extra touch: number two. This novel tells his story. The life of Martin Hill, a boy with divorced parents and round black glasses, turns upside down when he randomly goes to the London production company where his father works on the same day that David Heyman passes by, immersed in the search for the actor who will play the little magician. After being discarded, Martin will fall into successive depressions with each new installment of the books and movies. Everything around him reminds him of his rival's success and little by little, instead of enjoying Radcliffe's life, his own begins to resemble that of the tormented fictional character. Will he be able to overcome that stain on his destiny and make a force of failure?