
Mouth to Mouth
A Novel
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Narrated by:
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Edoardo Ballerini
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By:
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Antoine Wilson
ONE OF BARACK OBAMA’S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2022 * An NPR and Time Best Book of the Year * Longlisted for the 2022 Scotiabank Giller Prize (Canada) * Finalist for CALIBA’s 2022 Golden Poppy Awards
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 à 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 life—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 fate—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 fiction—exposing the myriad ways we deceive each other, and ourselves.
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NPR featured it.. Just as good as promised
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Not really sure other than one was a very good listener and the other letting go of a haunting past
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Interesting story
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I'd like to give it 10 stars
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Short delicious read
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Short and Sweet
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It is framed like a 19th century classic, with the narrator acting as the relayer of a tale recounted to him.
Edoardo Ballerini, as usual, is a great narrator.
Excellent
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Really interesting and unusual story
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Great story
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Nearly flawless. Will recommend to anyone who reads. The story will stay with me for a while.
So much better than The Disappearing Act, The Plot and other would-be thrillers that try to hard and force the story via plot holes.
Effortlessly suspenseful. Perfect ending.
Best book evaaa!
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