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Book SynopsisWINNER of the Pulitzer Prize
Longlisted for the Booker Prize
The Sunday Times Bestseller
Trust by Hernan Diaz is a sweeping, unpredicatable novel about power, wealth and truth, told by four unique, interlocking voices and set against the backdrop of turbulent 1920s New York. Perfect for fans of Succession.
Can one person change the course of history?
A Wall Street tycoon takes a young woman as his wife. Together they rise to the top in an age of excess and speculation. But now a novelist is threatening to reveal the secrets behind their marriage, and this wealthy man’s story - of greed, love and betrayal - is about to slip from his grasp.
Composed of four competing versions of this deliciously deceptive tale, Trust brings us on a quest for truth while confronting the lies that often live buried in the human heart.
'One of the great puzzle-box novels, it’s the cleverest of conceits, wrapped up in a page-turner' – Telegraph
'Genius' – Lauren Groff, author of Matrix
Trade ReviewDiaz is a narrative genius whose work easily encompasses both a grand scope and the crisp and whiplike line.
Trust builds its world and characters with subtle aplomb.
What a radiant, profound and moving novel -- Lauren Groff, author of
Fates and FuriesIntricate, cunning and consistently surprising . . . Diaz has the whole literary past at his fingertips . . . [an]
exhilarating and intelligent novel * New York Times Book Review *
A
sublime, richly layered novel. A story within a story within a story. -- Roxane Gay, author of
Bad FeministTrust glints with wonder and knowledge and mystery. Its plotlines are as etched and surreal as Art Deco geometry, while inside that architecture are people who feel appallingly real.
This novel is very classical and very original: Balzac would be proud, but so would Borges. -- Rachel Kushner, Man Booker-shortlisted author of
The Mars RoomA
rip-roaring, razor-sharp dissection of capitalism, class, greed, and the meaning of money itself that also manages to be
a dazzling feat of storytelling on its own terms . . .
Uniquely brilliant . . .
exhilarating . . . a novel for the ages. * Vogue *
That
rare jewel of a book -
jaw-dropping storytelling against the backdrop of
beautiful writing. Amidst all the noise in the world, whole days found me curled up on the couch, lost inside Diaz’s brilliance -- Jacqueline Woodson, author of
Red at the BoneA
virtuoso performance . . . A
spellbinding tale that illuminates the impact of money on all of our lives . . .
Trust is that rare thing:
a beautifully crafted novel that dares to confront some of our deepest socioeconomic schisms * Oprah Daily *
For all its
elegant complexity and brilliant construction, Diaz's novel is
compulsively readable . . .
A captivating tour de force that will astound readers with its formal invention and contemporary relevance. --
Booklist, starred review
In this
glorious puzzle of a novel, perspectives keep shifting and the wealth of one early-twentieth-century family keeps changing its origin-story. What a joy this is to read,
suspenseful at every turn, the work of a rare and impressive talent. -- Joan Silber, author of
Secrets of HappinessDiaz's
Trust exposes the wild power that narrative holds . . . over the economy, historiography, hierarchies, over a person's life, truth, over the reader.
A powerful, sinister tale in the form of a nesting doll, around which the modern economy fashions larger and larger macho casings -- Caoilinn Hughes, author of
The Wild LaughterThe
audacity and scope of Hernan Diaz’s extraordinary novel -
a prism, a mystery, a revelation - are brilliantly matched by the quality of his prose. --
Jean Strouse, author of Morgan: American FinancierTrust speaks to matters of the most urgent significance to the present day . . .
Cleverly constructed and rich in surprises, this
splendid novel offers serious ideas and serious pleasures on every beautifully composed page -- Sigrid Nunez, author of
The Friend
