Antoine Wilson's third novel, Mouth to Mouth, is a carefully sculpted masterpiece. It documents a conversation between two acquaintances who run into each other in an airport lounge. Wilson imbues this unremarkable situation with suspense worthy of a Patricia Highsmith novel. In less than 200 pages, Mouth to Mouth provokes deep philosophical questions about the nature of truth and fiction, and makes the reader question the motivations of every character in the book. After reading, I even began to doubt the existence of my own free will.
When I finished reading Mouth to Mouth last October, I immediately started talking to fellow booksellers about it. I shared my enthusiasm ...