An impressive, sweeping Great-Depression-era novel which uncovers the truth behind a reclusive millionaire.

Secretive Wall Street tycoon Andrew Bevel is the subject of much innuendo and gossip, as well as suspicion. Between the bare facts and the scandal written about him lies a deeper, and more complex truth…which will be revealed by the end of the novel.

Trust is ingeniously split into four sections – a sensationalised novel of Bevel’s life, followed by his own Autobiography, followed by an account of this process by his Ghostwriter, followed by…something else that shouldn’t be given away. Each part has it’s own voice, which is executed brilliantly, and as we delve deeper into his story we are challenged in what we know and what we have assumed. Impressively straddling the gap between Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead and Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane, Diaz takes us on a twisty-turny field trip of misinformation and discovery – just when you think you know the truth, the rug is pulled out from under you.

Utterly readable, Trust is a truly confident, epic novel which calmly and cleverly reveals it’s secrets at a perfect pace. Highly recommended.

(Review by Cliff)