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Trust

the dazzling twisty story of power, greed and love that begins in 1920s New York

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WINNER of the Pulitzer Prize
The Sunday Times Bestseller
Best Books of 2022 pick - New York Times, Obama, TIME, Slate, Oprah Daily, Kirkus, LA Times, EW, Sarah Jessica Parker

Read by a full cast of narrators, Trust by Hernan Diaz is a sweeping, unpredictable novel about power, wealth and truth, 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

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Critic reviews

Diaz 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 Furies)
Intricate, cunning and consistently surprising . . . Diaz has the whole literary past at his fingertips . . . [an] exhilarating and intelligent novel
A sublime, richly layered novel. A story within a story within a story. (Roxane Gay, author of Bad Feminist)
Trust 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 Room)
A 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.
Immaculate. TRUST is a work of assured virtuosity, lightly-worn wisdom, and immense impact. (Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Mercies)
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 Bone)
A 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
Like four exquisite dioramas, Diaz has set up all of these stories with great precision to present two fundamental questions: Why do we tell stories? And at what cost are those stories told? . . . A remarkably accessible treatise on the power of fiction. This unquestionably smart and sophisticated novel not only mirrors truth, but helps us to better understand the truth.
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 Happiness)
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spellbinding from start till the end - it gets better and better, as the story unfolds.

spellbinding....

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It took me perhaps a third of the book to understand what it is: a collection of perspectives on one woman’s story and on the momentous consequences of her story. Initially I mistook the novel for a somewhat loathsome celebration of market economics and philanthropy by money makers. It is not that at all and it becomes richer. Particularly enjoyed the story of her biographer, and the writing of the end section is exquisite. A book has to be very special for me to want to read it twice and I am curious enough, now I’ve reached the end, to start again and read it with foresight.

Grew on me

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The four stories are so incredibly well done. Brilliant characters, changing view points, multidimensional. I was hooked from the very beginning

Utterly brilliant

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I was quite confused at the beginning of this book- I hadn’t expected a compete past narrative of a rich financier’s life, which then segued into a similar narrative of a man who you then come to understand is one and the same..Finally the story takes shape and emotion as we hear the journalist’s story and finally that of the protagonist’s wife, Mildred..who is really who the book is about..and a mystery is solved.
Beautiful prose, some memorable phrases which resonate even today..

Never judge a book by its cover..true for this one!

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really enjoyed this book, which stood out in the originality of its form and the story.

intriguing and brilliantly narrated

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