Trust

 
　　『在1920年代，生氣蓬勃紐約，無人不知曉Benjamin與Helen Rask，前者是商業鉅子，後者則是某個古怪上流社會大佬的女兒，而兩人在一起，擁有的是看似無窮無盡的財富，連1929年的那場經濟大蕭條，都不足以撼動其半分。然而卻在妻子Helen身心狀態大幅下降後，這些金山銀山竟跟著虧損而空…』這是小說《Bond》中未解之謎。這本小說在1937年出版，紐約人幾乎沒有人未拜讀過這本大作。而這也引起Andrew Bevel勃然大怒，因為他便是這本小說主角的原型。
 
　　為反駁書中「不實」內容，他決定邀請他人為自己寫一本「自傳」。然而現實中關於Andrew夫人Mildred的真相又是如何？似乎在記者Ida的資料蒐集下，和Mildred的日記中，又是另外一番風景…
 
　　作者將四段不同視角、不同立場的故事，交錯描寫，互相對話，讓讀者深切體會事實如何透過資本的勢力，包裝成我們所看到的「真相」。
　　
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　　"A buzzy and enthralling tour de force...A glorious novel about empires and erasures, husbands and wives, staggering fortunes and unspeakable misery...Fun as hell to read." --Oprah Daily
 
　　"A genre-bending, time-skipping story about New York City's elite in the roaring '20s and Great Depression."-- Vanity Fair
 
　　An unparalleled novel about money, power, intimacy, and perception
 
　　Even through the roar and effervescence of the 1920s, 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.
 
　　Hernan Diaz's TRUST elegantly puts these competing narratives into conversation with one another--and in tension with the perspective of one woman bent on disentangling fact from fiction. The result is a novel that spans over a century and becomes more exhilarating with each new revelation.
 
　　At once an immersive story and a brilliant literary puzzle, TRUST engages the reader in a quest for the truth while confronting the deceptions that often live at the heart of personal relationships, the reality-warping force of capital, and the ease with which power can manipulate facts.