Mouth to mouth : a novel / Antoine Wilson.
A novel in which a successful art dealer confesses the story of his rise to a former classmate in an airport bar--a story that begins with his rescue and resuscitation of a drowning man with whom he becomes inextricably and disturbingly linked.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781982181802 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 198218180X (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 178 pages ; 22 cm.
- Edition: First Avid Reader Press hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Avid Reader Press, 2022.
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Subject: | Art dealers > Fiction. Art patronage > Fiction. Drowning > Resuscitation > Fiction. Life change events > Fiction. |
Genre: | Psychological fiction. Thrillers (Fiction) |
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- Baker & Taylor
When the man whose life he saved, a renowned art dealer, takes him under his wing, Jeff Cook is initiated into his world, one where nothing is what it seems, in this dramatic novel that blurs the line between opportunity and exploitation, self-respect and self-delusion, fact and fiction. 40,000 first printing. - Baker & Taylor
A novel in which a successful art dealer confesses the story of his rise to a former classmate in an airport bar--a story that begins with his rescue and resuscitation of a drowning man with whom he becomes inextricably and disturbingly linked. - Simon and Schuster
ONE OF BARACK OBAMAâS FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2022 * An NPR and Time Best Book of the Year * Longlisted for the 2022 Scotiabank Giller Prize (Canada) * Finalist for CALIBAâs 2022 Golden Poppy Awards
A successful art dealer confesses the story of his meteoric rise in this âpowerful, intoxicating, and shockingâ (The New York Times) novel thatâs a âslow burn à la Patricia Highsmithâ (Oprah Daily). âYouâll struggle not to rip through in one sittingâ (Vogue).
In a first-class lounge at JFK airport, our narrator listens as Jeff Cook, a former classmate he only vaguely remembers, shares the uncanny story of his adult lifeâa life that changed course years before, the moment he resuscitated a drowning man.
Jeff reveals that after that traumatic, galvanizing morning on the beach, he was compelled to learn more about the man whose life he had saved, convinced that their fates were now entwined. But are we agents of our fateâor are we its pawns? Upon discovering that the man is renowned art dealer Francis Arsenault, Jeff begins to surreptitiously visit his Beverly Hills gallery. Although Francis does not seem to recognize him as the man who saved his life, he nevertheless casts his legendary eye on Jeff and sees something worthy. He takes the younger man under his wing, initiating him into his world, where knowledge, taste, and access are currency; a world where value is constantly shifting and calling into question what is real, and what matters. The paths of the two men come together and diverge in dizzying ways until the novelâs staggering ending.
Sly, suspenseful, and âgloriously addictingâ (BuzzFeed), Mouth to Mouth masterfully blurs the line between opportunity and exploitation, self-respect and self-delusion, fact and fictionâexposing the myriad ways we deceive each other, and ourselves.