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Alles beginnt damit, dass Jeff dem namenlosen Erzähler des Romans in einer Flughafenbar seine Lebensgeschichte vorlegt, und zwar, wie er einen Mann vor dem Ertrinken rettet und sich nach und nach in dessen Leben einnistet. Obwohl der Erzähler an Jeffs Aufrichtigkeit zu zweifeln beginnt, kann auch er sich der fesselnden Geschichte von Täuschung und scheinbar glücklichen Zufällen, in der die Grenzen zwischen Fakt und Fiktion immer wieder verschw...

ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2022 Longlisted for the 2022 Scotiabank Giller Prize (Canada) 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 for...

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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...

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A successful art dealer confesses the story of his meteoric rise in this "sleek, swift, and graceful" novel "with unexpectedly sharp teeth" (Lauren Groff, New York Times bestselling author).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 reve...

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A struggling author is stuck at the airport, his flight endlessly delayed. As he stares at the departure board and browses the shops, he bumps into a former classmate of his, Jeff, who is waiting for the same flight. The charismatic Jeff invites the narrator to drinks in the First Class lounge, and there, swearing him to secrecy, begins telling him the fascinating and disturbing story of his life, starting with a pivotal incident from his yout...

In the great tradition of morally murky narrators such as those in Gone Girl, The White Tiger or The Talented Mr Ripley, comes a compelling, one-sitting literary thriller of imposters and Faustian bargains, in which a man pulls another man from the rough surf...and then wishes he'd just let him drown.

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Oppen Porter thinks he's dying. (He's not.) From his hospital bed, with tape recorder in hand, he unspools his tale for the benefit of his unborn son, the tale of his forty-day journey from innocence to experience, from self-described "slow absorber” to man of the world. This is his "astonishing, ”* "laugh-aloud funny, ”** "crisp, ”*** "delightful, ”**** "indelible”***** story. *Los Angeles Review of Books **Cleveland Plain Dealer ***San ...

A novel about obsession that makes for obsessive reading.All Owen Patterson wants is an normal life, a happy marriage, and a stable family. But following the brutal and random murder of his brother-in-law, that dream is shattered. A year later, his wife is still in mourning and his in-laws won't talk about anything but their dead son.The murderer, Henry Joseph Raven, has been put in prison, but as far as Owen is concerned, prison isn't punishm...

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Helping Middle School Students Cope with the Pressures of Home Like the outside world, even families go through the trials and tribulations of life. These easy-to-read books provide guidance and understanding for young people who are dealing with divorce, death, or family rules. Family Matters is on call to offer answers to life's uneasy questions relating to the family.