{"product_id":"mouth-to-mouth-paperback","title":"Mouth to Mouth - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAntoine Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 202\u003c\/b\u003e2 * An NPR and \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year * Longlisted for the 2022 Scotiabank Giller Prize (Canada) * Finalist for CALIBA's 2022 Golden Poppy Awards \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA successful art dealer confesses the story of his meteoric rise in this \"powerful, intoxicating, and shocking\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003enovel that's a \"slow burn à la Patricia Highsmith\" (\u003ci\u003eOprah Daily\u003c\/i\u003e). \"You'll struggle not to rip through in one sitting\" (\u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJeff 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSly, suspenseful, and \"gloriously addicting\" (\u003ci\u003eBuzzFeed\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eMouth to Mouth \u003c\/i\u003emasterfully 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAntoine Wilson is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003ePanorama City \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Interloper\u003c\/i\u003e. His work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStoryQuarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBest New American Voices\u003c\/i\u003e, and the\u003ci\u003e Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eamong other publications, and he is a contributing editor of \u003ci\u003eA Public Space\u003c\/i\u003e. A graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop and recipient of a Carol Houck Smith Fiction Fellowship from the University of Wisconsin, he lives in Los Angeles. His website is: AntoineWilson.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.71 x 8.27 x 5.43 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 17, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760878977312,"sku":"9781982181819","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a3b041c198ec041c5a6b9155575fe9d1.webp?v=1780192755","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/mouth-to-mouth-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}