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Loading... Mouth to Mouth: A Novel (original 2022; edition 2023)by Antoine Wilson (Author)
Work InformationMouth to Mouth by Antoine Wilson (2022)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Very Patricia Highsmith. It's a slow starter but keeps you with it to the end. ( ) Contemporary fiction seems to agree: the contemporary art world is shallow, largely fraudulent, and full of narcissists and sociopaths (what contemporary art makes of contemporary fiction, I don't know, but likely it sneers at its comparative earnings potential). In this novel for instance the wildly successful gallery owner and art dealer is a shallow narcissist and sociopath who, when complimented on his eye for modern art, replies that his eye is only talked about "because it would be impolite to talk about my balls. It's art. I could take anything and pump it up or tear it down." Truth and beauty, eh. Perhaps it's lucky for us that contemporary novels are a poor investment. At any rate, the novel is a well-paced and entertaining read, as comfortable as slipping into an old hoodie - even if it's your first time reading it. Airport Fiction Media: Audio Read by: Edoardo Ballerini I do not know what possessed me to choose this book. There are only two good things I can say about it: 1: It is very short 2: The reader Edoardo Ballerini does a good job with poor material. A very brief synopsis: A man recognizes an old school pal called Jeff 20 yeas after their graduation, at an airport and approaches him. Jeff is rich, which is obvious from his clothes and hair style. He invites his old mate to the first-class lounge as their flight is delayed. As they sit waiting, Jeff recounts his life story since they graduated, and to be fair, it starts off well. But gradually the shaggy-dog takes over and the flight keeps on being further delayed and the story goes on and on, and I keep thinking “it must end soon”, and eventually it does. The moral of this story is that if you meet an old friend in an airport, tell them you have a flight to catch. This is the type of compellingly written book that needs to be finished in one sitting. With the premise of saving someone’s life through mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and the aftermath, you are in for an entertaining gallop. The crisp writing never falters and the ending will leave you gasping for breath. no reviews | add a review
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HTML:A successful art dealer confesses the story of his meteoric rise in this "powerful, intoxicating, and shocking" (The New York Times) novel that's a "slow burn Ă la Patricia Highsmith" (Oprah Daily). "You'll struggle not to rip through in one sitting" (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 lifeâ??a 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 fateâ??or 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 novel's staggering ending. Sly, suspenseful, and "gloriously addicting" (BuzzFeed),?Mouth to Mouth?masterfully blurs the line between opportunity and exploitation, self-respect and self-delusion, fact and fictionâ??exposing the myriad ways we deceive each other, and No library descriptions found. |
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