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Trust

By: Hernan Diaz
Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini, Jonathan Davis, Mozhan Marno, Orlagh Cassidy
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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

©2022 Penguin Random House LLC (P)2022 Macmillan Publishers International Limited City Life Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Urban Marriage Inspiring Wall Street

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Critic reviews

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)
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)
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)
The 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 Financier)
This is now part of my collection of books that I must read more than once. Hernan Diaz keeps the reader engaged by playfully architecting individual and collective narratives of power, love and the meaning of financial success. (Dan Houston, Chairman, president and CEO, Principal Financial Group, Bloomberg, Top Business Leaders Pick the Year’s 58 Must-Reads)
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After asking us to question the reality behind the stories we are told and the complexities of events and individuals, the ending suddenly reverts to cliché and transforms the subjects into 2 dimensional characters worthy of a bad comic book.

Ruined by the ending

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A seemingly simple story that becomes more nuanced with each telling to provide the complexity due it’s subject

Multi layered fiction

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A very enjoyable book

Worth a listen and a human side of the finance world of the USA in the 20 s

Very enjoyable

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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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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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The story is interesting but there were some tedious passages, especially in the 2nd part f the book.
It was very well read!

Mostly interesting but uneven story

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If you can stick with it until mid way the pay off is worth it. Was very moved at the end.

The pay off is worth it

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A wall Street tycoon, his young wife, greed in a time of speculative fortunes, corruption, lies, deceit and the ultimate sad truth. Hernan Diaz has created an epic story showing the rotten truth behind the American dream. He weaves four books into one, each revealing the cancerous lies at the heart of this world. The performance of the four narrators is faultless, each having been perfectly cast and directed to give four distinctive voices that vividly portrays their characters role in this incredible novel. I have listened to it twice and the twists and reveals have caught me both times. Highly recomnended.

THE LIES AT THE HEART OF THE AMERICAN DREAM.

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Patience and then you slip into this world and these people and who Mildred is becomes a vital thing to discover?
Who was she? What was she? How did she die?
The truth of who someone is hidden beneath the opinions, weaknesses of others, the stories they prefer to tell.
Really very good and beautifully read by all the narrators.

Slowly draws you in

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I was totally consumed with this audible and the characters which were cast to perfection and read beautifully 🌟💫

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