Friday, October 17, 2025

Finally Friday - Trust by Hernan Diaz


 Trust by  Hernan Diaz won the Pulitzer Prize for Literature in  2022.  It is certainly well written, but easy to put  down.  I didn't  really care for the  main characters and I kinda wanted to  slap some sense into them.  The overall themes and connected narratives were impressive. Kudos to  Diaz. 

1920s New York City - Benjamin Rask is a Wall Street tycoon. Helen Rask is the daughter of eccentric aristocrats. Together they are at the top of  the  game.  But it's  the usual - money does not buy happiness. 

A  novel  appears in 1937 called Bonds and it strikes a nerve with Rask. How dare this author delve into the most personal of stories. 

back blurb - Trust  engages  the reader in a quest for the truth while confronting the deceptions that often live at the heart of personal relationships, the reality-warping force of capital, and the ease with  which power can manipulate facts. 



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