'Breathes new life into the literary thriller... Mouth to Mouth is to be devoured in one greedy gulp' Financial Times
'An enthralling literary puzzle... We have no idea where it is heading, right up to the shocking final sentence' New York Times 
A struggling author is stuck at the airport, his  flight endlessly delayed. As he kills time at the  gate, he bumps into a former classmate of his,  Jeff, who is waiting for the same flight. The  charismatic Jeff invites the author to drinks in  the First Class lounge, and there, swearing him  to secrecy, begins telling him the fascinating  and disturbing story of his gilded life, starting  with a pivotal incident from his youth... 
Alone on the beach one morning, Jeff notices a  swimmer drowning in the rough surf - and so  he rescues and resuscitates the unconscious  man, before leaving him to the emergency  services. But Jeff can't let go of the events  of that traumatic day, and he begins to feel  compelled to learn more about the man whose  life he has saved, convinced that their destinies  are now somehow entwined. Upon discovering  that the man is the renowned art dealer Francis  Arsenault, Jeff begins to surreptitiously visit  his Beverly Hills gallery, eventually applying  there for a job. Although Francis doesn't seem  to recognize him, he nevertheless casts his  legendary eye over Jeff and sees something of  worth - and so he initiates him into his world  of unimaginable power and wealth, where  knowledge, taste and access are currency,  and the value of things is constantly shifting,  constantly calling into question what is real,  and what matters. As Jeff finds himself  seduced by the lifestyle, he pursues a deeper  connection with Francis, until morals become  expendable and their relationship becomes  ever darker, leaving him to wonder... should  he have just let Francis drown?



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