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Lädt ... Mouth to Mouth: A Novel (Original 2022; 2022. Auflage)von Antoine Wilson (Autor)
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. 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. keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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Fiction.
Literature.
Suspense.
Thriller.
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 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 Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Google Books — Lädt ... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.6Literature English (North America) American fiction 21st CenturyKlassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt:
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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. ( )