Advance Praise " As If holds a multiplying and expanding universe, whose characters are both wonderfully strange and wickedly human. At once twisty and delicious, beautiful and imaginative , this is a book that will surprise you in the best way possible." --Kristen Arnett, author of Stop Me If You've Heard This One "An audacious and enchanting novel, As If explores life's alternatives--fantasies and nightmares, encounters dreaded and desired, opportunities lost and gained--in an ingenious setting. We enter its world of doubles and mirror images with a thrill and leave with a deeper understanding of our own naked hearts." --Yiyun Li, author of Things in Nature Merely Grow "Every page is exhilarating." --Deborah Levy, author of August Blue and The Man Who Saw Everything " As If is an entirely new species of fiction: a spellbindingly clever and profound romp; an urgent exploration of contemporary masculinity in love with, and at war, with itself; a story of desire, art, and redemption. Isabel Waidner is the heir to many legends--Kafka, Bosch, Monty Python, Jonathan Swift--and their new novel summons gorgeous, canny, comedic tulips from the austerity-hammered present. A total stunner.

" --Jordy Rosenberg, author of Confessions of the Fox "A brilliant, strange and tender exploration of what it is to fail, keep failing, and fail better." --Sarah Bernstein, author of Study for Obedience.