After receiving a master’s degree in post-war and contemporary art, she spent more than a decade working in commercial galleries, doing everything from art fair sales to condition reporting and logistics. Along the way, she witnessed more of that glittering world’s dark underbelly than she thought possible. Laura currently lives in Colorado with her family.
Tell Them You Lied is her first novel.
At Tertulia the author tagged ten favorite literary thrillers set in the artworld. One title on the list:
Mouth to Mouth by Antoine WilsonRead about another entry on the list.
Reading Mouth to Mouth feels like eavesdropping. Two acquaintances meet by chance in the first-class lounge at JFK airport, one (Jeff) begins to tell the other (our unnamed narrator) a long, strange story—a confession of sorts–about saving a drowning man’s life on a Los Angeles beach. When the drowning man turns out to be a gallerist-to-the-stars, and not a totally moral one, Jeff decides to take advantage of the situation. Part Talented Mr. Ripley, part Great Gatsby, full of dread and foreboding.
Mouth to Mouth is among Maris Kreizman's twenty-three wonderful short books.
Q&A with Antoine Wilson.
--Marshal Zeringue
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