{"product_id":"mouth-to-mouth-antoine-wilson-9781982181819","title":"Mouth to Mouth","description":"\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 \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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Antoine Wilson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1982181818\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781982181819\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Avid Reader Press \/ Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/17\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.43w x 0.71d","brand":"Antoine Wilson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44069257117951,"sku":"9781982181819","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_767c9363-0b1e-48a4-9d15-e3fe24e1fb7c.jpg?v=1685423708","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mouth-to-mouth-antoine-wilson-9781982181819","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}