![]() We triumph, but it is not really we who fail-we are ruined by forces beyond our control,” Diaz writes. ![]() “Most of us prefer to believe we are the active subjects of our victories but only the passive objects of our defeats. (And know I am jealous you’re about to get to read this book for the very first time.) Though there is no chance anything I write here will be able take away from any of this novel’s vivid brilliance, before proceeding, I humbly offer the reader this advice: Buy this book at your local independent bookstore as soon as you possibly can and devour it knowing nothing about it. “Trust” is a fascinating, layered novel that builds upon itself stepwise, and I worry any discussion of it could be considered a “spoiler” by some. Important notice to the reader: before reading this review, know that I consider Hernan Diaz’s newest novel best read with no prior awareness of the novel’s structure or how it functions. ![]() Special to the Mississippi Clarion-Ledger Layered novel explores truth through multiple voices amid blaze of 1920s Wall Street ![]()
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