Trust
About This Novel
2023 Pulitzer Prize-winning work. See the hidden woman, the genius girl behind the financial giants, who hides the real driving force behind the wealth? Rewriting the myth of American capital, Díaz deconstructs Fitzgerald's lavish life. Although there was a lot of noise in New York in the 1920s, the Lasker couple were still the most dazzling couple: Benjamin was the legendary Wall Street tycoon, and Helen was the extremely smart daughter of an eccentric aristocrat. Together they climbed to the heights of endless wealth just as the Great Depression hit. But what price did they pay to obtain huge wealth? This is the mystery in the 1937 novel "The Ties," yet there are other versions of this story of privilege and deception. Popular novels and tycoon autobiographies weave together conflicting narratives. The shadow writer behind the autobiography is the one who unravels the fiction from the facts across a century: it is she who finds the real voice of the hostess covered behind layers of curtains, which will reveal the secret of endless wealth. "Trust" is a kaleidoscope of capitalism out of control. It is about the search for the truth, the power of wealth to distort reality, and how power can manipulate facts. Adapted from the HBO limited series, starring Kate Winslet ("Titanic", "The Reader", "East Side").
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