A young man saves an art dealer from drowning, only to become unnaturally interested in his subsequent life, in Antoine Wilson's chilly tale of obsession Mouth to Mouth.
Wilson writes one of my favorite styles of noir here, the unreliable narrator, but frames it at a curious remove; the narrator is talking to another character he comes across in an airport lounge, and tells the rather eye-opening story of how he became an art dealer in his own right. To me it was an odd framing device that takes a little of the punch away.
But an enigmatic ending really sticks the landing, after several surprises along the way.
I bought this on a recommendation from a bookseller in England and read it on the plane back from a trip there. Solid thriller.
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