Trust by Hernan Diaz

Our second book will be Trust by Hernan Diaz, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, one of the New York Times's 100 Best Books of the 21st Century, one of Barack Obama's favorite books of 2022. Trust also received the Kirk's Prize, was long listed for the Booker Prize, and was named one of the 10 Best Books of 2022. by the New York Times, Washington Post, NPR, and Time Magazine. "Even through the roar and effervescence of the 1920's, everyone in New York has heard of Benjamin and Helen Rask. He is a legendary Wall Street tycoon; she is the daughter of eccentric aristocrats. Together, they have risen to the very top of a world of seemingly endless wealth--all as a decade of excess and speculation draws to an end. But at what cost have they acquired their immense fortune? This is the mystery at the center of Bonds, a successful 1937 novel that all of New York seems to have read. Yet there are other versions of this tale of privilege and deceit." Because the holiday season is almost upon us, I scheduled this for the third week in January. Hopefully that gives everyone time to read it, and a chance to relax as we start the new year.